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Hogarth's dedication : written for A history of the arts &c. which he intended publishing as a supplement to the Analysis of beauty, copied form his manuscript in the possession of Samuel Ireland
Title
Hogarth's dedication : written for A history of the arts &c. which he intended publishing as a supplement to the Analysis of beauty, copied form his manuscript in the possession of Samuel Ireland.
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], published March 1798.
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 23.9 x 13.7 cm
Notes
Caption title.
Body of the text begins: The no dedication. Not dedicated to any prince in Christendom for fear it might be thought an idle piece of arrogance. Not dedicated to any man of quality, for feat it might be thought too assuming. Not dedicated to any learned body of men, as either of the universitys, or the Royal Society, for fear it might be thought an uncommon piece of vanity. Nor dedicated to any one particular friend for dear of offending another. Therefore dedicated to nobody, but if for once we may spppose nobody to be every body, as every body is often said to be nobody, then is this work dedicated to every body. By their most humble and devoted [signed] W. Hogarth.
All etched.
"Page 1."--Upper right corner.
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.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 22, 2016
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
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