Plate 1. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A self-portrait of Hogarth painting Thalia, the Comic Muse holding a satyr's mask in her left hand and a book in her right hand. On the pillar to her left is engraved the words "Comedy 1764." Hogarth is seated in a chair leaning forward toward the easel, looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat; he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife, a pot of oil on the floor beside the chair. A volume of prints and a burin can be seen in a niche in the wall behind the easel. Leaning against the leg of the easel is a copy of "Analysis of Beauty", the accompanying print protruding from its pages
Alternative Title:
William Hogarth 1764
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., After the painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 40.3 x 35 cm, on sheet 57 x 42.7 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 1 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Painting, Muses (Greek deities) in art, Artists, and British
Plate 1. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A self-portrait of Hogarth painting Thalia, the Comic Muse holding a satyr's mask in her left hand and a book in her right hand. On the pillar to her left is engraved the words "Comedy 1764." Hogarth is seated in a chair leaning forward toward the easel, looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat; he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife, a pot of oil on the floor beside the chair. A volume of prints and a burin can be seen in a niche in the wall behind the easel. Leaning against the leg of the easel is a copy of "Analysis of Beauty", the accompanying print protruding from its pages
Alternative Title:
William Hogarth 1764
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., After the painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 40.3 x 35 cm, on sheet 57 x 42.7 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 1 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Painting, Muses (Greek deities) in art, Artists, and British
Proof with Gibbs's head before shading and lettering; a half-length portrait of the architect James Gibbs, looking to the right, in an oval, decorated frame
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, state and date from later states and Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 143 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 26.6 x 18.5 cm.
John Collier, known as Tim Bobbin, the caricaturist; styled himself as "the Lancashire Hogarth"; half-length, seated in a chair, looking left, in cap. After the portrait by Hogarth
John Collier, known as Tim Bobbin, the caricaturist; styled himself as "the Lancashire Hogarth"; half-length, seated in a chair, looking left, in cap. After the portrait by Hogarth
"Portrait, half-length seated directed slightly to left,looking away, right arm thrown out, left hand at his lapel, the elbow porpped on a table beside a volume labelled 'Shakspeare', wearing a double-breasted coat with a high collar and a frilled white cravat; before letters or border."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: M.A. Shee R.A. pinxt. ; W. Sharp sculpt., First state according to Baker, before letters or border., and For a lettered state with the imprint "London, Published by W. Sharp, April 7, 1803," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,0809.180.
"Portrait, half-length seated directed slightly to left,looking away, right arm thrown out, left hand at his lapel, the elbow porpped on a table beside a volume labelled 'Shakspeare', wearing a double-breasted coat with a high collar and a frilled white cravat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: M.A. Shee R.A. pinxt. ; W. Sharp sculpt., Second state according to Baker, before letters but with the border., For a lettered state with the imprint "London, Published by W. Sharp, April 7, 1803," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,0809.180., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"Portrait of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, three-quarter length, standing to right on a hill beside a tree, looking towards the viewer, leaning on a stick held in his left hand, holding a tricorn hat in the right; wearing uniform, sash over waistcoat, sword and queue wig; river below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of similar composition
Description:
Title from manuscript note in ink on mounting sheet., Engraved after a painting by Nathanial Dance; see description of another print of similar composition in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1920,1211.410. For a discussion of various versions of the painting produced by the workshop of Nathanial Dance, see description for NPG 39 in the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London., Proof before letters?, Approximate date of publication supplied by cataloger., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 451., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 382 (leaf numbered '197' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774,
Subject (Topic):
Government officials, British, and Military uniforms
Half-length portrait of Miss Farren shown in profile looking left
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker and publication date inferred from another print on the same sheet., Printed on one sheet with: Mr Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum by Sayers., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm.