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T. Morell, S.T.P-S.S.A
Title
T. Morell, S.T.P-S.S.A [graphic] / Wm. Hogarth del ; James Basire sculp.
Edition
[State 2].
Publication
[Eton] : [J. Pote] ; [London] : [T. Pote], [February 1762]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 21.7 x 15.2 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
State, date, and publisher from Paulson.
Sheet irregularly trimmed.
State before the word "Thesaurus" written on the top page on which Morell is writing.
Final state was used as the frontispiece to Morell's Thesaurus Graecae Poeses ... Eton : Joseph Pote ; London : T. Pote in Fleet Street, 1762.
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 portrait of Thomas Morell, a classical scholar and friend of Hogarth's, shown "in the character of a Cynic Philosopher"; behind him, an organ aprtially hidden behind a curtain; in front of him on a table is an ink well, brush, and a pile of books; he sits at the table, pen in hand poised above a sheet of paper. On the wall near the door hangs a watch on a ribbon; over it a coat of arms.
Variant and related titles
Thomas Morell
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 18, 2016
References
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 239
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 246
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Frontispieces.
Portrait prints.
Etchings - England - London - 1762.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
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