Gulielmus Hogarth [graphic]

Description

Title: Gulielmus Hogarth [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1749]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: Self-portrait after the painting in the Tate; the artist is portrayed as if on an oval canvas resting on a pile of books; in the foreground, his dog Trump, his burin, and palette. On the palette is engraved the title "The line of beauty."
Description: Title engraved below image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
Earlier state of this plate was used as the frontispiece to Hogarth's Folios.
1 print : engraving with etching on laid paper ; plate mark 37.8 x 28.4 cm, on sheet 43.7 x 33.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 1 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Provenance: Gift of Richard Greenberg; May 2015.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 380 x 283 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 4].
Language: English