[Henry Fielding] [graphic].

[Proof before letters].

[London] : [publisher not identified], [April 1762?]

1 print : etching and engraving ; oval image 8.1 cm, on sheet 10.8 x 9.7 cm

laid paper.

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.

Oval portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left. Finished state used as the frontispiece to Murphy's edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding'.

English

May 18, 2016

Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 241