[Boys peeping at nature] [graphic].
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16193905
Description
- Title
- [Boys peeping at nature] [graphic].
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
- Published / Created
- [between 1731 and 1751]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
-
"Subscription ticket for "Moses brought to Pharaoh's Daughter"and "St Paul before Felix" with three naked boys, one painting, one engraving and the other resting an outline portrait against a sculpture of many-breasted Diana of Ephesus."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title, printmaker, state, and date from Paulson.
Lettered below the image with subscription receipt: Receiv'd [blank] of [blank] 5 Shillings being the first Payment for two large Prints one representing Moses brought to Pharoah's Daughter, The other St. Paul before Felix. wch. I Promise to Deliver when finish'd, on Receiving 5 Shillings more./N.B. They will be Seven and Six Pence each Print, after the time of subscribing.
Originally etched 1731, reworked 1751.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
On page 57 in volume 1. With a pencilled note in Steeven's hand above print: Very scarce. Plate trimmed to: plate mark 151 x 125 mm, sheet 16.5 x 14 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 15.0 x 12.7 cm
- Edition
- [State 4].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Tickets
Engravings England London 1751 - Material
- engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Diana (Roman deity)
- Subject (Topic)
-
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Art
Painting
Putti - Subjects
-
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Diana (Roman deity)
Art
Painting
Putti
England > London > 1751
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
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
- 9816978
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193905
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