[Head of Diana] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Head of Diana] [graphic]
Creator: Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1794?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Abstract: Etching after a painting by Hogarth; head and shoulders of a young woman looking down and to the left; wearing a gown with a loose neckline, her hair dressed tied with a bow at the back and a band decorated with a crescent moon in front
Description: Title from Dobson.
Plate from: Ireland. S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, ... and J. Egerton ..., 1794-99, v. 1, p. 170.
On page 232 in volume 3. Plate mark 17.6 x 14.6 cm, on sheet 18.7 x 15.3 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 179 x 147 mm, on sheet 229 x 158 mm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1785
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Diana (Roman deity)
Subjects: Diana (Roman deity)
England > London > 1785
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

Access: Public
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