A self-portrait of Hogarth painting Thalia, the Comic Muse holding a satyr's mask in her left hand and a book in her right hand. On the pillar to her left is engraved the words "Comedy 1764." Hogarth is seated in a chair leaning forward toward the easel, looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat; he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife, a pot of oil on the floor beside the chair. A volume of prints and a burin can be seen in a niche in the wall behind the easel. Leaning against the leg of the easel is a copy of "Analysis of Beauty", the accompanying print protruding from its pages
Alternative Title:
William Hogarth 1764
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., After the painting in the National Portrait Gallery., For a description of prints from this plate, see R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 204., and See Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Print and Drawings of the British Museum, v. 2, p. 539.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Painting, Muses (Greek deities), Artists, and British
"Self-portrait of Hogarth painting the Comic Muse, after the painting in the National Portrait Gallery; the artist is seated looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat, he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife while a pot of oil is on the floor beside the chair; in a niche in the wall behind the easel is a volume of prints and a burin; leaning against the leg of the easel, a copy of the "Analysis of Beauty" and the accompanying print, Plate I (Paulson 195)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wm. Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty and William Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Lettered within image on print in portfolio at base of easel: Analysis o..., In this state the date of publication has been added, and Hogarth is no longer smiling. See Paulson for other changes to the plate., and Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
"Self-portrait of Hogarth painting the Comic Muse, after the painting in the National Portrait Gallery; the artist is seated looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat, he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife while a pot of oil is on the floor beside the chair; in a niche in the wall behind the easel is a volume of prints and a burin; leaning against the leg of the easel, a copy of the "Analysis of Beauty" and the accompanying print, Plate I (Paulson 195)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wm. Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty and William Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Lettered within image on print in portfolio at base of easel: Analysis o..., In this state the date of publication has been added, and Hogarth is no longer smiling. See Paulson for other changes to the plate., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: See Mr. Nichols's book, edit. 3, p. 366 &c., and On page 181 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 39.5 x 34.6 cm.
Title devised by curator., Text below image: from a drawing by the late Iohn Mortimer., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Ireland, J. Hogarth illustrated (1st ed.), v. iii., Ms. note in Steevens's hand not directly related to any individual print below print., and On page 234 in volume 3.
Drawing of John Baptist Monnoyer (bap.1636-1699), French-born painter educated in Antwerp, known for his floral interior decorations, fashionable in France in the second half of the 17th century. He moved to England in 1690 where he continued to specialize in decorating royal and grand houses
Alternative Title:
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
Description:
Title based on title of engraving in Anecdotes of painting in England., Drawing that was later used as a basis for an engraving of Monoyer in: Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 3, p. 116. Vertue's drawing is based on a chalk drawing by Sir Godfrey Kneller, now in the Courtauld Institute of Art, London., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
John Collier, known as Tim Bobbin, the caricaturist; styled himself as "the Lancashire Hogarth"; half-length, seated in a chair, looking left, in cap. After the portrait by Hogarth
John Collier, known as Tim Bobbin, the caricaturist; styled himself as "the Lancashire Hogarth"; half-length, seated in a chair, looking left, in cap. After the portrait by Hogarth
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from date of original work., Place of publication derived from artist's country of residence., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564,
Subject (Topic):
Human dissection, Human anatomy, Artists, and Dead persons
Drawing of the monument Nicholas Stone Senior (1586-1647).
Description:
Title devised be cataloger., Inscription in pencil, within design of the monument encirling effigy: Nicholas Stone, sculp. & architect, &c., Inscription in pencil, within design of the monument below effigy: 24 Aug 1642 departed this life., Inscription in pencil, within design at the base of the monument: H.S. posuit., Inscription in pencil, lower half of sheet: This monument was fixed in the north wall of the Parish Church of St. Martins in the Fields., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Stone in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 23., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Subject (Name):
Stone, Nicholas, 1586-1647, and Stone, Nicholas, 1586-1647
The collection consists of seven portrait drawings of noted African Americans and Haitians by the artist Amy Einstein Spingarn. The sitters include scientist George Washington Carver (1935) and authors Langston Hughes (1930), Zora Neale Hurston (circa 1935), James Weldon Johnson (undated), René Piquion (undated), George S. Schuyler (1933), and Philippe Thoby-Marcelin (undated). The portrait of Carver is pastel on paper; the others are charcoal and graphite on paper. Each portrait is identified by the artist's inscriptions and signature
Description:
Amy Einstein Spingarn was born in New York on January 29, 1883, the daughter of American businessman and manufacturer David L. Einstein (1839-1909) and Caroline Fatman Einstein (1852-1910). In 1905 she married Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939), a Columbia University literature professor and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In addition to being an artist herself, Amy Einstein Spingarn was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and supported the work of many black artists and writers; she also served on the board of directors of the NAACP for nearly forty years. Spingarn died at her home, Troutbeck, in Amenia, New York, on June 25, 1980., Title devised by cataloger., and Captions in English.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Hurston, Zora Neale, Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, Piquion, René, Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977 (George Samuel),, Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980., and Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe, 1904-1975
