Accession number
PML 146853.2a-7b
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Published
[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament, 30 Sep. 1747.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title of series and imprint from plate 1.
Plates numbered 1 through 12 at foot; all prints designed and engraved by Hogarth, with the same imprint date.
Each engraving has a decorated border, with engraved passages from scripture within cartouches set in bottom border.
Set forms part of an album (PML 146853) 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).
Library's copy has plates trimmed within platemark and mounted two to a sheet into a bound album.
Plates numbered 1 through 12 at foot; all prints designed and engraved by Hogarth, with the same imprint date.
Each engraving has a decorated border, with engraved passages from scripture within cartouches set in bottom border.
Set forms part of an album (PML 146853) 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).
Library's copy has plates trimmed within platemark and mounted two to a sheet into a bound album.
Description
12 prints : engravings ; sheets: 455 x 625 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification
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