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Simon Lord Lovat (beheaded 1747)
Author
Title
Simon Lord Lovat [graphic] : (beheaded 1747) / W. Maddocks.
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [179-?]
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 254 x 158 mm, on sheet 304 x 261 mm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2801.
For a discussion of the original see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 166.
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
An elderly, rotund Lord Lovat is seated on a chair, its back carved with putti supporting a coronet. He is counting on his fingers the number of Scottish clans that fought with the Pretender in the rebellion. To his left is a table on which sits a book (entitled "Memoirs" in the original by William Hogarth) and quill pen in an ink bottle.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 12, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Caricatures.
Portrait prints.
Engravings - England - London - 1790.
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