[Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]
Alternative Title: 3 characters. 4 caricaturas
Three characters. Four caricaturas
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609, artist.
Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755, artist.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, artist.
Raphael, 1483-1520, artist.
Published / Created: [April 1743]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: The subscription ticket for "Marriage A-la-Mode". A group of heads drawn in a naturalistic style seen in profile; below, five compartments with heads after Raphael's Vatican tapestry cartoons (i.e."characters") and caricatures after Ghezzi, Raphael Urbin, Annibale Carracci, and Leonardo da Vinci
Description: Title from Paulson: Characters and caricaturas.
Title etched below image: 3 characters. 4 caricaturas : for a farthar explanation of the difference betwixt character & caricatura see [the] preface to Joh. Andrews.
Date and state from Paulson.
The receipt is engraved below the caption: Rec'd [blankl] of [blank] Half a guinea being the first payment for six prints called Marriage a la mode which I promise to deliver when finish'd on receiving half a guinea more. N.B. The price will be one guinea and an half after the time of subscribing.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
1 print : etching ; plate mark 25.9 x 20.5 cm.
Printed on laid paper.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Mounted to 28 x 23 cm.
Blanks completed in brown ink to show receipt from Mr. Thrall [?], dated 10 March 1744.
Provenance: Ronald Paulson; October 2024.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.6 x 20.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English