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Portrait of a black girl
Title
[Portrait of a black girl] [graphic] / W. Hogarth pinxt. ; S.I. ft.
Publication
[London] : [Faulder and Egerton], [1794]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with stipple engraving ; plate mark 17.5 x 15 cm, on sheet 22.6 x 16 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. i, p. 169.
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.
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Variant and related titles
Title from Dobson: Black girl
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 18, 2013
References
Dobson, A. William Hogarth, p. 270
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portraits.
Etchings - England - London - 1794.
Book illustrations.
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