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Wm. Hogarth from an original picture painted by himself in the possession of Saml. Ireland
Title
Wm. Hogarth [graphic] : from an original picture painted by himself in the possession of Saml. Ireland / etch'd by Sam. Ireland.
Publication
[London] : [S. Ireland], [1794]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 22.8 x 15.9 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
After a portrait by Hogarth.
Page from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth ... 1794, vol. ii, frontispiece.
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.
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Summary
Half-length portrait of William Hogarth, facing viewer, slightly turned to the right; he holds a palette in his left hand.
Variant and related titles
William Hogarth
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 18, 2013
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, p. 540, no. 34
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Genre/Form
Etchings.
Frontispieces.
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