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Scholars at a lecture
Title
[Scholars at a lecture] [graphic].
Edition
[State 1].
Publication
[London] : Publish'd by W. Hogarth, January 20th 1736/7.
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 216 x 183 mm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from Paulson.
Lower right corner below image: Price six pence.
Variant of Paulson's state 2; imprint for state 2 in Paulson:: "Published by W. Hogarth, 3d 1736."
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
A group of scholars at Oxford stare with vacant expressions at a lecturer holding an open book with title "Datum Vacuum" added by Hogarth in ink. He is identified by Paulson as William Fisher. All are wearing square trencher caps. See Paulson.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 13, 2015
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no. 2338
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 143
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Puns (Visual works)
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1737.
Engravings - England - London - 1737.
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