[View of Ranby's house] [graphic].

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Description

Title
[View of Ranby's house] [graphic].
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Hogarth, Jane, 1711?-1789, publisher.
Published / Created
[1781]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Jane Hogarth
Abstract

"View across a cornfield to Hogarth's house at Chiswick and neighbouring houses among trees; in the foreground, to left, a man holding a staff is seated beside a tree with a dog at his feet."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from Paulson.
Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue, viewed October 2023.
Published state with imprint: "Publish'd as the Act directs by Jane Hogarth at the Golden-head Leicester Fields 1st May 1781."
Formerly attributed to William Hogarth and dated ca. 1750. See curator's comments in the British Museum catalogue.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Ranby's house.
On page 154 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 10 x 14.9 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 : plate mark 10.1 x 16 cm, on sheet 11.1 x 17 cm
Edition
[Proof before letters].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Proofs before letters
Views
Etchings England London 1750
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Chiswick (London, England)
England
Chiswick.
Subject (Name)
Ranby, John, 1703-1773
Subject (Topic)
Homes and haunts
Houses
Subjects
Ranby, John, 1703-1773 > Homes and haunts
Chiswick (London, England)
Houses > England > Chiswick
England > London > 1750
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9856157
Object ID (OID)
16194104

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