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Solsull a maker of punches for the engravers
Title
[Solsull a maker of punches for the engravers] [graphic] / W. Hogarth delt. ; S.I. fecit aqua fort.
Publication
[London] : [S. Ireland?], [1781]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 13 x 10 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from later states.
"S.I. fecit aqua fort" scored through with hashes.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
For another state published by W. Dickinson see: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3099.
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
"Portrait after a drawing by Hogarth; head and shoulders of a man with a prominent forehead and hooked chin, to left looking down, wearing a wide-brimmed hat set at a tilt and cravat; with another head in profile to left wearing a plumed cocked hat, behind; before plate reduced and inscription curtailed and re-engraved."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 22, 2016
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Etchings - England - London - 1781.
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