Caption title., Body of the text begins: The no dedication. Not dedicated to any prince in Christendom for fear it might be thought an idle piece of arrogance. Not dedicated to any man of quality, for feat it might be thought too assuming. Not dedicated to any learned body of men, as either of the universitys, or the Royal Society, for fear it might be thought an uncommon piece of vanity. Nor dedicated to any one particular friend for dear of offending another. Therefore dedicated to nobody, but if for once we may spppose nobody to be every body, as every body is often said to be nobody, then is this work dedicated to every body. By their most humble and devoted [signed] W. Hogarth., All etched., "Page 1."--Upper right corner., Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand below print: Facing the “Anecdotes” &c. in John Ireland's Hogarth illustrated., and On page 231 in volume 3.
An emblematical image of Hogarth's short journey with some friends 'by land and water, backwards and forwards, without head or tail': a sort of human torso with arms placed upright on the ground, a red kerchief is placed about the neck, the coat is half painted blue and shaped like that of a sailor of this period, half painted brown and being longer than the other half and fitted with a cape at the shoulders like that of a landsman; the hand on the former
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Title etched above and below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate for: Gosling, W. An account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons ..., Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's Book, 3d edit, p. 413., and On page 210 in volume 3.
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Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
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Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
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Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 37.4 x 24.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Inscribed in ink at bottom of sheet, in Mary Berry's hand: To Lord Sheffield from M. & A. Berry.
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
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Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 34.2 x 25.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Inscribed in ink at bottom of sheet, in Mary Berry's hand: To Mr. Bull from M. & A. Berry., and Pencil annotation in lower left corner, in Richard Bull's hand: Only 60 proofs were taken off.
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image., Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern., 'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram., Imprint from title page., Numbered "15" in lower right corner., No. 15 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733., and Numbered on verso in contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Portrait of William Huggins; bust, to the left, wearing cap and open shirt with plain jacket; a small bust of Ariosto to the left; in roundel; after Hogarth; engraved for his never published translation of Dante
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Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 127., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: See Mr. Nichols's book 3d edit. p. 372. Given me by the Revd. Dr. Monkhouse., and On page 186 in volume 2.
"Minerva and Italy; on the right, Minerva standing, in profile to left, stretching her right arm towards left; on the left, Italy, in form of a woman, seated on ground, in profile to right, taking Minerva's hand; in the centre, Mercury facing front, flying in the air; St Peter's Basilica and Colosseum in background; after Edward Francis Burney; frontispiece to 'Il Mercurio italico' by Francesco Sastres (London: 1789); open-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from image., Lettered above image with title, "Vide p.18.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 41 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].