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A satire on the frequenters of Button's coffee house, Russell Street, Convent Garden, London
Title
[A satire on the frequenters of Button's coffee house, Russell Street, Convent Garden, London] [graphic] / Hogarth delt. ; Sam. Ireland fecit.
Edition
[Plate number altered to "Plate 1"].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1794?]
Physical Description
1 print : aquatint in sepia ; plate mark 13.0 x 15.8 cm, on sheet 15.9 x 22.0 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, no. 1702.
"Plate 1."--Upper right corner.
See British Museum Catalogue of drawings, vol. ii, p. 321.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1702.
Provenance
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.
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
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 waiter and a hungry customer; an elderly man with dishevelled hair and a dog at his heels, bending forward to seize a mug from the waiter, said to be Daniel Button, who turns his head away; after a drawing formerly attributed to Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 19, 2013
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Aquatints - England - London - 1794.
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