The grumbler 1748 [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The grumbler 1748 [graphic]
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1748]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Sold in May's Buildings, according to act of Parliamt
- Abstract
-
A gentleman wtih an angry, disappointed look on his face sits at a table in a coffeehouse filling his pipe with tobacco. On the table is a sugar bowl, a drinking glass, and a sugar basin. Below the design is engraved in two lines: You grumbled at the war; Here is a P-----ce for you, and be d----d to you
- Description
-
Title engraved above image.
Attributed to Hogarth.
Publisher identified from address: George Bickham.
Two lines of text below image: You grumbled at the war; here is a p-----ce for you and be d----d to you.
Earlier state, with different year in title and without the initial "B" forming a monogram with the "H" in printmaker's name, and without a third line in the caption below image. Cf. No. 3921 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Watermark: Strasburg lily (partially cut off at top) with initials L V G below. - Provenance
- Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 19.9 x 13.4 cm, on sheet 26 x 19 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 748.00.00.02
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1748
Etchings England London 1748
Watermarks (Paper) L V G. - Material
- engraving & etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Coffeehouses
Complaining
Drinking vessels
Pipes (Smoking) - Subjects
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Coffeehouses
Complaining
Drinking vessels
Pipes (Smoking)
England > 1748
England > London > 1748
L V G.
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
- 4889233
- Object ID (OID)
- 10697214