Subscription ticket for "A harlot's progress" with three naked putti, one painting, one engraving, and the other resting an outline portrait against a sculpture of many-breasted Diana of Ephesus
Description:
Title, printmaker, state, and date from Paulson., Verse in Latin from Horace's Ars poetica below image: " ... necesse est. Indiciis monstrare recentibus abdita rerum, dabiturque Licentia sumpta pudenter. Hor.", Lettered below the verse with subscription receipt: "Rec'd [blank] of [blank] a half a guinea being [the] first payment for two six prints of a Harlot's progress which I promise to deliver when finish'd, on one half guinea more.", Pencilled notes in Steevens' hand. Above a group of three: Boys Peeping at Nature, a Receipt for the Harlot's Progress. See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d Edit. p. 188. 319. On mount sheet, below print: Very scarce,, and On page 57 in volume 1. Plate cropped below design to: 103 x 125 mm, mounted to 139 x 140 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Diana (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Art, Painting, and Putti
Subscription ticket for "A harlot's progress" with three naked putti, one painting, one engraving, and the other resting an outline portrait against a sculpture of many-breasted Diana of Ephesus
Description:
Title, printmaker, state, and date from Paulson., Verse in Latin from Horace's Ars poetica below image: " ... necesse est. Indiciis monstrare recentibus abdita rerum, dabiturque Licentia sumpta pudenter. Hor.", Lettered below the verse with subscription receipt: "Rec'd [blank] of [blank] a half a guinea being [the] first payment for two six prints of a Harlot's progress which I promise to deliver when finish'd, on one half guinea more.", and With ms. annotations in William Hogarth's hand indicating the receipt of a half guinea from Ebenezer Forrest, with Hogarth's signature and seal. Mounted on a sheet with a fragment of a letter from Giles Hussey addressed to "Frs. [Francis] Webb Esqr. at Sir Isaac Heard's, College of Arms, London" and stamped with a redirect to Shaftsbury. The letter can be dated to the period 1786-1788, after Isaac Heard was knighted (in 1786) and before Hussey died (in 1788).
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Diana (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Art, Painting, and Putti
"Subscription ticket for "Moses brought to Pharaoh's Daughter"and "St Paul before Felix" with three naked boys, one painting, one engraving and the other resting an outline portrait against a sculpture of many-breasted Diana of Ephesus."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, state, and date from Paulson., Lettered below the image with subscription receipt: Receiv'd [blank] of [blank] 5 Shillings being the first Payment for two large Prints one representing Moses brought to Pharoah's Daughter, The other St. Paul before Felix. wch. I Promise to Deliver when finish'd, on Receiving 5 Shillings more./N.B. They will be Seven and Six Pence each Print, after the time of subscribing., Originally etched 1731, reworked 1751., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 57 in volume 1. With a pencilled note in Steeven's hand above print: Very scarce. Plate trimmed to: plate mark 151 x 125 mm, sheet 16.5 x 14 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Diana (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Art, Painting, and Putti
"Subscription ticket for "Moses brought to Pharaoh's Daughter"and "St Paul before Felix" with three naked boys, one painting, one engraving and the other resting an outline portrait against a sculpture of many-breasted Diana of Ephesus."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, state, and date from Paulson., Lettered below the image with subscription receipt: Receiv'd [blank] of [blank] 5 Shillings being the first Payment for two large Prints one representing Moses brought to Pharoah's Daughter, The other St. Paul before Felix. wch. I Promise to Deliver when finish'd, on Receiving 5 Shillings more./N.B. They will be Seven and Six Pence each Print, after the time of subscribing., Originally etched 1731, reworked 1751., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Diana (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Art, Painting, and Putti
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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 22.9 x 20.5 cm, on sheet 28.8 x 25.1 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 66 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
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.
