Accession number
PML 146852.22-25
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Published
[London] : Published according to Act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Collective title from Paulson.
Plates with individual caption titles and columns of engraved verse at bottom, possibly the work of Rev. James Townley.
All plates with publication line reading: Published according to Act of Parliament Feb. 1, 1751; Price 1.s.
The plain paper issue, published at the price of 1.s. Cf. Paulson.
Set forms part of an album (PML 146852) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints issued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Plates with individual caption titles and columns of engraved verse at bottom, possibly the work of Rev. James Townley.
All plates with publication line reading: Published according to Act of Parliament Feb. 1, 1751; Price 1.s.
The plain paper issue, published at the price of 1.s. Cf. Paulson.
Set forms part of an album (PML 146852) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints issued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Description
4 prints : engraving & etching ; sheets: 625 x 455 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
All four plates inscribed in pen at lower right: JT.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification
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