Accession number
PML 146853.1
Creator
Townley, Charles, 1746-1800, engraver, publisher.
Published
[London] : Published according to Act of Parliament June 1781 and Sold by C. Townley, Arlington Street, Piccadilly, [1781]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
"From an Original Portrait begun by Weltdon And finished by Himself. Late in the Possession of the Revd. Mr. Townley".
Print forms part of an album (PML 146853) 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 closely trimmed to image, with loss of all text and lettering, mounted on bound sheet 455 x 625 mm within a decorative frame of red paper and and blue-green paste paper.
"From an Original Portrait begun by Weltdon And finished by Himself. Late in the Possession of the Revd. Mr. Townley".
Print forms part of an album (PML 146853) 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 closely trimmed to image, with loss of all text and lettering, mounted on bound sheet 455 x 625 mm within a decorative frame of red paper and and blue-green paste paper.
Description
1 print : mezzotint ; image: 290 x 272 mm; mounted on sheet: 455 x 625 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Portrait after a self-portrait; half-length in an oval frame, directed to right, looking towards the viewer, arms at his sides, wearing a plain coat drawn together at the waist, a white cravat and tricorn over a shoulder-length wig.
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