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The charmers of the age
Title
The charmers of the age [graphic]
Published
[London] : Publish'd March 1, 1782 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarths Leicester Fields, [1 March 1782]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 190 x 252 mm
Notes
Title etched below image.
Lettered within image with the words in brackets added in pen and ink: "A Scale of feet" and below, "A B The Charmers of the Age: C. C. Prickt lines [shewing the rising] Height.
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.
Summary
"Theatre stage with two dancers; a woman (La Barbarina) jumping with her legs apart and a man (George Desnoyer) with his legs together; on either side a chorus, or audience, and statues of Comedy and Tragedy holding candles."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 24, 2014
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, no. 2569
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 153
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 159
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1782.
Aquatints - England - London - 1782.
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