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Royalty, episcopacy, and law
Title
[Royalty, episcopacy, and law] [graphic] / Hogarth delt. ; Saml. Ireland fecit.
Edition
[Proof].
Publication
[London] : [Molton & Co.], [approximately May 1788]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 21.6 x 20 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title, publisher, and state from Paulson.
Copy after Hogarth. See British Museum catalogue no. 1739.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), p. 89
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
Satire on royalty, episcopacy and the law, after a print by Hogarth; a group of nine composite figures, the most prominent of which are a king, whose head is represented by a coin, a bishop whose head is a jew's harp, and a judge whose head is a gavel.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 03, 2015
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1788.
Etchings - England - London - 1788.
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