[Taste, or, Burlington gate] [graphic].

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Description

Title
[Taste, or, Burlington gate] [graphic].
Alternative Title
Burlington gate
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Published / Created
[1732]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Satire on Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Burlington" in which he praises Lord Burlington's architectural taste; the gate of Burlington House, Piccadilly, surmounted by statues of K-n-t (i.e. William Kent), Raphael Urb. and Mil.angelo (i.e. Michelangelo), is being whitewashed by a plasterer (Pope) standing on scaffolding."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from Paulson.
Date from British Museum online catalogue.
Other lettering within image; a key below, begins, "A. P-pe, a plasterer white washing & bespattering. B. Any body that comes in his way. C. Not a Duke's coach as appears by [the] crescent at one corner. D. Taste. E. a standing proof. F. a labourer."
The 'pe' in Pope is superscript. The 'E' above Kent's bust appears above his pen.
"Price 6d."--Lower right hand corner.
Formerly attributed to Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 299-300.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1874
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
On page 54 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 23.1 x 16.2 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 : sheet 18.6 x 11 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 1732
Engravings England London 1732
Etchings England London 1732
Material
etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,
Subject (Topic)
Carriages & coaches
Laborers
Scaffolding
Subjects
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Carriages & coaches
Laborers
Scaffolding
18th century
England > 1732
England > London > 1732
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11317471
Object ID (OID)
16193892

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