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Frontispiece to volume one of Tristram Shandy
Title
[Frontispiece to volume one of Tristram Shandy] [graphic] / W. Hogarth invt. ; S. Ravenet sculpt.
Edition
[State 2].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [April 1760]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 14.9 x 8.8 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title and state from Paulson.
Text upper left corner: Frontispiece Vol. 1.
Text below image: Vol. 2. page 128.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
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.
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Summary
Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground.
Variant and related titles
Paulson's title: Frontispiece to vol. 1
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 13, 2011
References
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 233
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 240
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Frontispieces.
Engravings - England - London - 1760.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
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