A manuscript invoice with fifty-four entries listing Hogarth prints and bound volumes sold to Mrs. Hogarth, William Hogarth's widow, by John Boydell between 28 November 1782 and 15 November 1784. The list includes many of his most important works, with prices charged, including "Hogarth moraliz'd", "Garrick", "March to Finley", "Marriage a la mode", "Strolling actresses dressing in a barn", "Wilkes", "Rake's progress", "Four stages of cruelty", etc. Two entries are added at the end by Boydell with a note: "My Bill del'd. Jan. 3. 1784 [i.e., 1785?]."
Description:
In English., Title devised by cataloger. Text at top of sheet: "1782 Mr. Boydell dr. to Mrs. Hogarth.", List in an unidentified hand except the last few lines which have been indentified as that of Boydell., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Hogarth, Jane, 1711?-1789.
Portrait heads of fifty-five men, mostly in profile, identified elsewhere as portraits of various print sellers, collectors, artists, etc., sketched by Paul Sandby while attending print sales in London
Description:
Title etched below image., "The portrait heads are based on thumbnail drawings made by Paul Sandby in the margins of print sale catalogues of the 1780s, now in an album in the Royal Library. They are described by A.P. Oppé in "The Drawings of Paul and Thomas Sandby at Windsor Castle" (Phaidon, 1947), pp. 83-85"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1876,1209.612., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published Feby. the 1st, 1798, by Sylvester Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Auctions, Print dealers, Prints, and Collectors and collecting
