A piece of antiquity painted on the wall adjoining to the kitchen of Winchester College which has long been preserved, &, as oft as occasion requires, is repair'd, wth [sic] the following Latin verses. [graphic]

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10697216

Description

Title
A piece of antiquity painted on the wall adjoining to the kitchen of Winchester College which has long been preserved, &, as oft as occasion requires, is repair'd, wth [sic] the following Latin verses. [graphic]
Contributor
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker.
Published / Created
published according to act of Parliament, 1749.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Emblematic portrait of a trusty servant, with the head of a boar, padlocked lips and the tools of his profession."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from item.
Originally engraved by Mosley. See Pierpont Morgan Library Peel 0455, Peel III, 67.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Later state, with printmaker's name burnished from plate, reduction and lightening of horizontal background lines, and addition of marks outlining hills.
Two columns of verse in Latin on left and English on right below title.
Temporary local subject terms: Animals: boar -- Shovels -- Pitchforks -- Brooms -- Scrapers -- Shields: saucepan lid as a shield -- Padlocks -- Emblems: boar, partly human -- Borders: scrolls and flowers -- Reference to Winchester College.
Window mounted to 39 x 28 cm.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v. i; May 1954;
Extent
1 print : sheet 37 x 26 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
749.00.00.01.2+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1749
Etchings England London 1749
Engravings England London 1749
Material
etching & engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1749
England > London > 1749

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4890630
Object ID (OID)
10697216

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