[Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]

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Description

Title
[Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]
Alternative Title
3 characters. 4 caricaturas
Three characters. Four caricaturas
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
Contributor
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609, artist.
Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755, artist.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, artist.
Raphael, 1483-1520, artist.
Published / Created
[April 1743]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Wm. Hogarth
Abstract

The subscription ticket for "Marriage A-la-Mode". A group of heads drawn in a naturalistic style seen in profile; below, five compartments with heads after Raphael's Vatican tapestry cartoons (i.e."characters") and caricatures after Ghezzi, Raphael Urbin, Annibale Carracci, and Leonardo da Vinci

Description
Title from Paulson: Characters and caricaturas.
Title etched below image: 3 characters. 4 caricaturas : for a farthar explanation of the difference betwixt character & caricatura see [the] preface to Joh. Andrews.
Date and state from Paulson.
The receipt is engraved below the caption: Rec'd [blankl] of [blank] Half a guinea being the first payment for six prints called Marriage a la mode which I promise to deliver when finish'd on receiving half a guinea more. N.B. The price will be one guinea and an half after the time of subscribing.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance
Purchased from John Grant, Ltd.; August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent
1 print : plate mark 25.6 x 20.3 cm
Edition
[State 1].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Kinnaird 72K(c) Box 110

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Ephemera
Subscription
Receipts (financial records)
Satires (Visual works) England 1743
Etchings England London 1743
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic)
Art
Caricatures
Heads (Anatomy)
Subjects
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Art
Caricatures
Heads (Anatomy)
England > 1743
England > London > 1743
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Autograph
Abbort, Stephen > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11319704
Object ID (OID)
16030758

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