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To the public
Title
To the public / W.H.
Published
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1753]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p.] ; 23.1 x 16 cm
Notes
Caption title.
Date from British Museum online catalogue.
Letterpress subscription signed W.H (William Hogarth). Originally published on the verso of the first edition of Puggs Grace.
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
Parody of an address attributed to Hogarth.
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Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 22, 2016
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no. 3242
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Broadsides - 1753.
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