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.
Publisher:
Published June 4, 1795, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside; & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Two designs on the same plate. Upper design: A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep....
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Lettered beneath each image with title; lettering within image on upper design: "Rowlandson. 1785."; below lower design: "London Pubd by S.Alken, No.3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho".
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
A portrait, bust, of George Simon Harcourt while still Viscount, nearly in profile looking to the right and wearing a lacy cravat and a wig with a curling queue; in a mock oval frame
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 2, 1776 by W. Shropshire, New Bond Street
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 ea...
Alternative Title:
William Hogarth 1764
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Painting, Muses (Greek deities), Artists, and British
The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the y...
