"Self-portrait of Hogarth painting the Comic Muse, after the painting in the National Portrait Gallery; the artist is seated looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat, he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife while a pot of oil is on the floor beside the chair; in a niche in the wall behind the easel is a volume of prints and a burin; leaning against the leg of the easel, a copy of the "Analysis of Beauty" and the accompanying print, Plate I (Paulson 195)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wm. Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty and William Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Lettered within image on print in portfolio at base of easel: Analysis o..., In this state the date of publication has been added, and Hogarth is no longer smiling. See Paulson for other changes to the plate., and Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
"Design in two rows of eight sections, with 15 figures demonstrating a salute with the half-pike; at top, the title in an oval decorated with arms, and figures numbered 1-7, below, figures numbered 1-8 ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson., One of two folding plates to John Blackwell's A compendium of military discipline., Caption in the oval at the left: The several postures of [the] salute wth [sic] [the] half-pike. Describ'ed from order & on [the] long march, as it is practis'd in [the] Artillery Company of [the ] City of London. By Jon. Blackwell adjutant and clerk., Companion print to: Exercise for the Halberd., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 439. Blackwell's figure in all, 26. Note below print: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort., and On page 44 in volume 1.
Publisher:
John Blackwell
Subject (Name):
England and Wales. Army. Honourable Artillery Company of London.