George Steevens's collection of Hogarth prints [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- George Steevens's collection of Hogarth prints [graphic].
- Creator
- Steevens, George, 1736-1800, collector
- Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771.
Ireland, Samuel, -1800.
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809. - Published / Created
- [between 1756 and 1800]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Three elephant folio volumes containing 705 prints and tracings: 469 prints by Hogarth; 236 additional satires after Hogarth's prints by contemporary artists George Bickham, Samuel Ireland, and Paul Sandby. Also included are rare trade cards and coats of arms; Hogarth's shop-card as well as those of his sister, Ellis Gamble, and Edward Vaughan; Harrison's Tobacco Paper; Arms of Sir Gregory Page, Kendal and other coats-of-arms; theatre tickets including tickets for the Theatre Royal. The contents include examples from Hogarth complete oeuvre including: The Harlot's progress, first and later states; The Rake's progress, first and later states, including two unfinished proofs; The four times of day, including an unfinished proof; Strolling players, first and second states; Hogarth's Tour by R. Livesay after Samuel Scott, a set of nine colored, with An Account, five leaves; Some of the Principal inhabitants of the moon, etc. Also with a printed list annotated in Hogarth's hand
- Description
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Title assigned by cataloger.
Bound in brown calf, rebacked.
Date surmised based on Steevens earliest date on interest in Hogarth and Steevens's death date.
With the armorial bookplate of William Windham; also with the bookplate of Charles William Dyson Perrins.
Items removed from volume 2 stored separately in two solander boxes.
For further information consult library staff. - 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
- ca. 800 prints in 3 albums : binding height 81 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England
Engravings England
Etchings England
Mezzotints England
Portrait prints
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Catalogs
Trade cards (advertising)
Tickets
Albums (books) - Material
- etchings, engravings, mezzotints ;
- Subject (Name)
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subjects
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
England
18th century
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Ms. notes
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ms. notes
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Windham, William, 1750-1801 > Bookplate
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Bookplate
Ketton-Cremer, R. W. (Robert Wyndham), 1906-1969 > 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.
- Citation
- George Steevens's Collection of Hogarth Prints. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9559002
- Object ID (OID)
- 16936208