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
Alternative Title:
3 characters. 4 caricaturas and Three characters. Four caricaturas
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., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to right of print: See Nichols's bok, 3d. edit. p. 262., Blanks filled in ms. to show receipt from Mr. Stephen Abbort, dated 12 May 1743 and signed by Hogarth., and On page 108 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides: 27.4 x 20.4.
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
Alternative Title:
3 characters. 4 caricaturas, Three characters. Four caricaturas, and Characters and caricaturas
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., Second state, with receipt at bottom of plate masked. See Paulson., Date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., and Mounted on leaf 49 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Plate 66. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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
Alternative Title:
3 characters. 4 caricaturas, Three characters. Four caricaturas, and Characters and caricaturas
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., Third state, with bottom of printing plate cut off to remove receipt. See Paulson., Date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides, leaving thread margins., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to left of print: See Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 262., and On page 108 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 23.3 x 20.7 cm.
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
Alternative Title:
3 characters. 4 caricaturas and Three characters. Four caricaturas
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., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Plate 66. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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
Alternative Title:
3 characters. 4 caricaturas, Three characters. Four caricaturas, and Characters and caricaturas
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., Third state, with bottom of printing plate cut off to remove receipt. See Paulson., Date from Paulson., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides, leaving thread margins.
Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript identification below plate., Publication date inferred from: A. Pond's Collection of early caricatures engraved from the works of Pietro Leone Chezzi and others., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides and at the bottom except for the area of Walpole's identification of subject., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.