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William Hogarth copper plate

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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.

 

  • Creator: Smith, Benjamin, -1833, engraver.
  • Title: William Hogarth [realia] : from the original picture in the collection of John & Josiah Boydell / painted by W. Hogarth ; engraved by Benj. Smith.
  • Manufacture: [London] : Published June 4, 1795, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside; & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, [4 June 1795]

Catalog Record

Hogarth 795.06.04.02

Acquired July 2022

This ham, depend on it, thoul’t not take hence…

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Detail from copper plateCruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856

This ham, depend on it, thoul’t not take hence, while I am capable of its defence / I.R. Cruikshank fecit.

1 printing plate : copper ; 16 x 25 cm.

Object 822.00.00.60

Copper platePrint from plate bound in bookLewis Walpole Library new acquisition: October, 2010.

Let her at once attend, in nature’s plan…

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Detail from copper plateCruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856

“Let her at once attend, in nature’s plan. Twas ne’er designed the business of a man”.

1 printing plate : copper ; 15 x 25 cm.

Object 822.00.00.59

Copper platePrint from plate bound in bookLewis Walpole Library new acquisition: October, 2010

Thus rescued from assassins, I appear…

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Detail from Copper Plate

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856

Thus rescued from assassins, I appear a guest unbidden, an intruder here.

1 printing plate : copper ; 16 x 25 cm.

Object 822.00.00.56

Both recto and verso of plate are engraved.

Copper PlatePrint from plate bound in a bookLewis Walpole Library new acquisition: October, 2010.