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- Creator:
- Smith, Benjamin, -1833, engraver
- Published / Created:
- [4 June 1795]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 795.06.04.02 Object Room B:D
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Copy of a self-portrait by William Hogarth; 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
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate engraved after the original oil painting, done in 1745, now in the Tate Gallery, London. Hogarth himself engraved this image in 1749; cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 181., On verso, stamp of the copperplate manufacturer: [Whitto]w & Son, N. 43 Shoe Lane, Holborn, London., and For the print produced from this plate, see: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 538, no. 10.
- Publisher:
- Published June 4, 1795, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside; & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Palettes, and Copperplates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > William Hogarth from the original picture in the collection of John & Josiah Boydell / [realia]
