[Strolling actresses dressing in a barn] [graphic] / invented, painted, engraved, & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, March the 25, 1738, according to act of Parliament.

[2nd state].

[London] : [Wm. Hogarth], [25 March 1738]

1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 455 x 570 mm, on sheet 476 x 612 mm

laid paper.

Title and state from Paulson.

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.

"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue.

English

May 16, 2014