Copy of the print after a self-portrait after the painting in the Tate Gallery (London); 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 palette. Lettered, on the palette 'The Line of Beauty', and below image, Gulielmus Hogarth
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Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print on secondary mount: An Irish copy of the first print in the first volume of this [col?]lection., and On page 234 in volume 3.
Self-portrait of William Hogarth in a fur cap, looking right; a bust in an oval canvas resting on volumes of Shakespeare's works; with his dog Trump on the right. In the lower right, an artist's palette engraved with the words: "The line of beauty and grace. WH 1745". Stack of books labeled: Shakspeare, Swift Works, Milton Paradise Lost
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Title from caption below image., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 181., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand in margin at top of print: See p. 1 & Mr. Nichols's book, 3d, edit. p. 295., and On page 147 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 39.6 x 29.9 cm.
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Published June 4, 1795 by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
Self-portrait of William Hogarth in a fur cap, looking right; a bust in an oval canvas resting on volumes of Shakespeare's works; with his dog Trump on the right. In the lower right, an artist's palette engraved with the words: "The line of beauty and grace. WH 1745". Stack of books labeled: Shakspeare, Swift Works, Milton Paradise Lost
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 181.
Publisher:
Published June 4, 1795 by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall