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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1761]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 75K(a) Box 115
- Collection Title:
- Plate 70. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Subscription ticket for "Sigismonda" with a figure of Time as an old winged man sitting on a broken statue, blowing pipe-smoke at a dark landscape painting on the easel in front of him and which he has pierced with his scythe; at the top of the frame of the painting is a Greek quote, preceded by the word "Crates' and ending with its identification: "See Spectator Vol. II: Page 83." On the floor to the left is a large jar labeled "Varnish".
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, state, and date from Paulson., Lettered within image in this state, the name "Crates" added to the top left of the picture frame. Lower right of image inscribed with quote: "-As statues moulder into Worth. P.W." Below a couplet, "To Nature and your Self appeal, Nor learn of others, what to feel. Anon:"., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of subscription receipt., and Sheet trimmed to: 222 x 174 mm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Art
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Time smoking a picture] [graphic].