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The politician
Title
The politician [graphic] / Hogarth pinxt. ; T. Cook sculpt.
Publication
[London] : Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, July 1st, 1809.
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 278 x 208 mm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Copy of No. 1980 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2.
Provenance
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Summary
A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. A copy after Hogarth without the two wall maps.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 11, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1809.
Etchings - England - London - 1809.
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