[Columbus breaking the egg] [graphic].
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16194117
Description
- Title
- [Columbus breaking the egg] [graphic].
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created
- [1753]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
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A subscription ticket for the "Analysis of Beauty", based on Leonardo's Last Supper, depicts Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
- Description
-
Title, publisher, and state from Paulson.
Text engraved below image: "Rec'd [blank] of [blank] five shillings being the first payment for a short tract in quarto call'd the Analysis of Beauty; wherein forms are consider'd in a new light, to which will be added two explanatory prints serious and comical, engraved on large copper plates fit to frame for furniture." N.B. The price will be rais'd after the subscription is over."
A subscription ticket for Analysis of beauty.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand centered at top of page: Columbus.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand between this print and another to the right: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 324.
With Hogarth's signature in ink and wax seal. Also dated October 1, 1752 to Arlander Dobson Esqr.
On page 163 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to plate at top: 22.3 x 19.6 cm. - 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.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 16.4 x 20 cm, on sheet 18.2 x 22 cm
- Edition
- [State 1].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Legends
Seals
Tickets
Subscription
Satires (Visual works) England 1753
Etchings England London 1753
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Columbus, Christopher,
- Subject (Topic)
-
Dogs
Eggs - Subjects
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Columbus, Christopher
Dogs
Eggs
England > 1753
England > London > 1753
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Autograph
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Ms notes
Saunderson, Edmond > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11322535
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194117
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