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1. Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.112 Impression 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Hogarth's print of the same title., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.3 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 18.6 x 26.5 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Name):
- Columbus, Christopher,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Eggs, and Legends
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
2. Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.112 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Hogarth's print of the same title., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.3 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 26.5 cm., and Printed in raw sienna ink on wove paper.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Name):
- Columbus, Christopher,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Eggs, and Legends
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
3. [Columbus breaking the egg] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1753]
- Call Number:
- 49 3880
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A subscription ticket for the "Analysis of Beauty", based on Leonardo's Last Supper, depicts Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
- Description:
- Title, publisher, and state from Paulson., Text engraved below image: "Rec'd [blank] of [blank] five shillings being the first payment for a short tract in quarto call'd the Analysis of Beauty; wherein forms are consider'd in a new light, to which will be added two explanatory prints serious and comical, engraved on large copper plates fit to frame for furniture." N.B. The price will be rais'd after the subscription is over.", A subscription ticket for Analysis of beauty., With the subscription ticket "Columbus breaking the egg", first state, trimmed to the image, mounted on the verso of the t.p., and Trimmed to the image; mounted on verso of title page in Horace Walpole's copy of Analysis of beauty.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Columbus, Christopher,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs and Eggs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Columbus breaking the egg] [graphic].