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- Creator:
- Livesay, Richard, -1823?, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [27 November 1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the river Medway, opposite Sheerness, on a windy day with the town and ships in the distance. In the foreground the figures (identified by letters) struggle with their boat
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Figures are lettered in plate with key beneath title: A. The boat. B. Mr. Tothall at the helm. C. Mr. Thornhill lending a hand to. D. Mr. Hogarth. E. Mr. Forrest pushing forward. F. Mr. Scott. G. Sheerness., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate for: Gosling, W. Account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons ..., Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., and On page 212 in volume 3.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734,, and Scott, Samuel, approximately 1710-1772,
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Boats, Sailing, and Ships
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The embarcation [graphic]