Smith alias Buckhorse, 1747 the noted Bruiser / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Smith alias Buckhorse, 1747 the noted Bruiser / [graphic]
- Creator
- Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788, printmaker
- Contributor
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, artist.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name. - Published / Created
- [1747]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A later state lettered with the name of the famous pugilist John Smith: a bald headed man in profile to left; the artist's father (?); later state with added title; third state with inscription, copy in reverse after Rembrandt
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Benjamin Wilson, after the print by Rembrandt, in the British Museum catalogue.
A copy in reverse after Rembrandt's etching. See White, C. Rembrandt's etchings, no. 292, copy 4.
Sheet trimmed to close to plate mark on top.
On page 207 in volume 3.
Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand on separate scrap pasted below print: This is a mere copy from one of Rembrandt's small heads reversed. On taking it out of the frame in which it had been placed with much precaution, it appeared to have been recently printed off a modern French card. --Caveat emptor. In the year 1788, a gentleman picked it up (price 1s 6d) as a Broker's Shop in Goodman's Fields. - 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 10.2 x 7 cm, on sheet 11.3 x 8 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 1747
Etchings England London 1747 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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18th century
England > 1747
England > London > 1747
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
- 12703376
- Object ID (OID)
- 16945086
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