Trade card for Richard Lee, tobacconist at the Golden Tobacco Roll in Panton Street near Leicester Fields, London; design based on Hogarth's 'A Midnight Modern Conversation' (Paulson 128) framed by a lettered oval in a rectangle, decorated with tobacco leaves; a drinking and smoking scene with ten men around a table, one rising to vomit, another collapsed on the floor, paintings and hats hung on the wall behind, fireplace to right. Etching with engraved lettering
Alternative Title:
Richard Lee at the Golden Tobacco Roll in Panton Street near Leicester Fields and Richard Lee at ye Golden Tobacco Roll in Panton Street near Leicester Fields
Description:
Title etched in image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, v. i, p. 12., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 128, Ms. note in pencil above: Doubtful. Ms. note in pencil below: Perhaps an imitation of Hogarth's Midnight Modern Conversation., and On page 5 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 103 x 115 mm.
Trade card for Richard Lee, tobacconist at the Golden Tobacco Roll in Panton Street near Leicester Fields, London; design based on Hogarth's 'A Midnight Modern Conversation' (Paulson 128) framed by a lettered oval in a rectangle, decorated with tobacco leaves; a drinking and smoking scene with ten men around a table, one rising to vomit, another collapsed on the floor, paintings and hats hung on the wall behind, fireplace to right. Etching with engraved lettering
Alternative Title:
Richard Lee at the Golden Tobacco Roll in Panton Street near Leicester Fields and Richard Lee at ye Golden Tobacco Roll in Panton Street near Leicester Fields
Description:
Title etched in image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, v. i, p. 12., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 128