21.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1764]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 3K(a) Box 200
- Collection Title:
- Plate 1. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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, London., and Plate mark 40.3 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 41.2 x 35.8 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
- Subject (Topic):
- Painting, Muses (Greek deities) in art, Artists, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Hogarth painting the comic muse] [graphic].