A copy after the 1734 print from a design by W. Hogarth. The artist Jonathan Richardson, seated at a table, looks through a telescope that is aimed at the bare bottom of his son who stands on the table before him. Through his son the father looks at a volume of "Virgil [A]enid" which lies open on the shelf above. With his right hand he writes with a quill pen on a sheet of paper with the heading 'Note'. On the other shelves along the wall are paintings and small statuary; on the wall below the shelves is a portrait of Milton. On the floor in the lower right edge is an artist's palette and an easel. A dog jumps and barks at the son's feet
Alternative Title:
Complicated Richardson
Description:
Title from caption above image., Signed within image: WH f. [i.e., Wm. Hogarth fecit]., Text below image: "I know well enough my eye is no eye at all. I must apply to my telescope. My son is my telescope, tis by his help I read [the] learned languages.", Page from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth ... 1794, vol. i, p. 86., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: £14-0--0., and On page 233 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 19.7 x 12.6 cm.
A copy after the 1734 print from a design by W. Hogarth. The artist Jonathan Richardson, seated at a table, looks through a telescope that is aimed at the bare bottom of his son who stands on the table before him. Through his son the father looks at a volume of "Virgil [A]enid" which lies open on the shelf above. With his right hand he writes with a quill pen on a sheet of paper with the heading 'Note'. On the other shelves along the wall are paintings and small statuary; on the wall below the shelves is a portrait of Milton. On the floor in the lower right edge is an artist's palette and an easel. A dog jumps and barks at the son's feet
Alternative Title:
Complicated Richardson
Description:
Title from caption above image., Signed within image: WH f. [i.e., Wm. Hogarth fecit]., Text below image: "I know well enough my eye is no eye at all. I must apply to my telescope. My son is my telescope, tis by his help I read [the] learned languages.", and Page from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth ... 1794, vol. i, p. 86.
