Accession number
PML 146852.15
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Published
[London] : Wm. Hogarth, March 25, 1738.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Paulson and other secondary sources.
Print forms part of an album (PML 146852) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints reissued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Library's copy cropped within platemark at top of sheet.
Print forms part of an album (PML 146852) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints reissued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Library's copy cropped within platemark at top of sheet.
Description
1 print : etching & engraving ; image: 424 x 539 mm; sheet: 455 x 625 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the interior of a barn where nine actresses and four child actors are dressed as classical deities and preparing for a performance, surrounded by props and costumes, including kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating into a helmet, and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle.
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