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The comittee [sic] Part 3 Canto 2 l. 237
Title
The comittee [sic] [graphic] : Part 3 Canto 2 l. 237.
Publication
[London] : [Robert Sayer], [between 1768 and 1794]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 19.4 x 25 cm, on sheet 22.7 x 35 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title engraved above image.
From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series.
Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson.
Numbered '10' in upper left corner.
Nineteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: And now the saints begin their reigh, For which they'd yearn'd so long in vain ... He thus began his tale by fits, See the remainder under the next print.
Summary
"The Committee" made up of members of Parliament who are depicted here seated around a table, their hats hung on the wall behind them; two members standing and debating; to the left, standing in doorway, a man wearing a long cloak, holding a staff. The sheet of paper on the table reads "The League & Covenant." The doorway is on the left as it appears in the original drawing.
Variant and related titles
Committee
Comittee
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 09, 2021
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Satires (Visual works)
Etchings - England - London - 1768.
Engravings - England - London - 1768.
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