Sigismunda [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Sigismunda [graphic]
- Creator
- Dunkarton, Robert, 1746 -, printmaker
- Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823
T.B. Freeman & Co., publisher.
Walker, active 1789-1813, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 February 1793]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published Feb. 1st, 1793 by T.B. Freeman & Co., Strand & sold by Dickenson New Bond Street & Walker Cornhill
- Abstract
-
The princess leaning forward and to the left, resting her elbow on a casket on top of an ornate table, and her chin on her hand, weeping, pressing to her breast the heart of her lover Guiscardo, which his murderers have sent to her in a goblet; after Hogarth; scratched-letter state
- Description
-
Title in open letters from caption below image.
Scratched below title in open letters: "The original Picture in Oil by the late Mr Wm Hogarth, and the Drawing from which this Print is made of the same sizr are both in the Collection of Mr Saml Ireland, of Norfolk Street who purchased them of Mrs Hogarth in 1781. The Drawing was made by Mr Edwd Edwards Associate of the Royal Academy & finished in April 1764 under the inspection of Mr Hogarth from whose pencil it received its last finishing touches about six Months before his death. From this Drawing Mr Basire the Engraver began a Print but the death of Mr Hogarth prevented its being finished.", - Provenance
- Michael Finney; April 2013.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 397 x 374 mm, on sheet 411 x 387 mm
- Edition
- [Scratched, open letter proof].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Hogarth 793.02.01.01+ Box 210
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Illustrations
Proofs
Mezzotints England London 1793 - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
- Subjects
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 > Illustrations
England > London > 1793
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
- Catalog Record
- 11332713
- Object ID (OID)
- 10996984
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