William Hogarth from the original picture in the collection of John & Josiah Boydell / [realia]Smith, Benjamin, -1833, engraver[4 June 1795]engCopy of a self-portrait by William Hogarth; the artist is portrayed as if on an oval canvas resting on a pile of books; in the foreground, his dog Trump, his burin and paletteTitle from item.Plate engraved after the original oil painting, done in 1745, now in the Tate Gallery, London. Hogarth himself engraved this image in 1749; cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 181.On verso, stamp of the copperplate manufacturer: [Whitto]w & Son, N. 43 Shoe Lane, Holborn, London.For the print produced from this plate, see: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 538, no. 10.