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Henry Fielding aetatis XLVIII
Title
Henry Fielding [graphic] : aetatis XLVIII / Wm. Hogarth delin. ; I. Taylor sculp.
Publication
[London] : [A. Millar], [1766]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 13.6 x 9 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title etched within image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 241.
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
Portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left, in round frame on pedestal with ornaments, including books, masks, quill and sword; after Hogarth; frontispiece to an 1766 edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding' published by A. Millar.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 18, 2016
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 209, no. 2
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Etchings - England - London - 1766.
Frontispieces.
Portrait prints.
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