Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 3 (of 3)Ireland, John
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Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 3 (of 3)
Ireland, John
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Satan, Sin, and Death: Milton's _Paradise Lost_, B. 2. Engraved by
C. Townley, and intended to have been published April 15, 1767; but
when a few impressions were taken off, the plate was destroyed. One
of the copies of this strange and incomprehensible print is in the
possession of Mr. Bellamy, Charlotte Row.
A print of a smaller size, with some variations, has been since
engraved by Ogbourne, and I have seen one of a larger size, of a
similar description, without any name.
The Good Samaritan. Engraved by Ravenet and Delatre, and published
Feb. 24, 1772, by J. Boydell. Hogarth's first sketch is in the
possession of Mr. Bellamy.
The Pool of Bethesda. Engraved by Ravenet and Picot as a companion
to the preceding print. These engravings were copied from the
pictures in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A small copy of the latter
was, in 1748, engraved by Ravenet for S. Austen, as a frontispiece to
Stackhouse's _Bible_.
1775.
The Politician; etched by J. K. Sherwin, and published by Jane
Hogarth, 1774, Oct. 31. _Vide_ p. 197. In the early impressions the
figure "5" and 31st October, are usually inserted with a pen.
1781.
1. A small and slight etching, conjectured to be Solsull, a maker of
punches for engravers. "S. J. _fecu._, 1781."
2. Four Heads from the Cartoons at Hampton Court; an early etching by
Hogarth, published by Mrs. Hogarth, May 14, 1781.
The Matchmaker. _Vide_ p. 199.
1782.
1. The Staymaker.
2. Debates in Palmistry.
3. Portrait of Henry Fox, Lord Holland.
4. Portrait of James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont.
The four last articles are slightly etched by Joseph Haynes, from
very bald and unfinished sketches by Hogarth. The plates are in the
possession of Mr. Jeffrey, Pall Mall.
5. The Shrimp Girl. Engraved in the dotted style by Bartolozzi.
Had this unrivalled artist etched this print in the manner he did
Guercino's drawings, he would have transferred the true spirit of the
original. As it is, we have Hogarth translated into Italian.
It was published by Mrs. Hogarth in 1782, by subscription, with the
five following prints engraved by Livesay.
6 and 7. Portraits of Gabriel Hunt and Benjamin Read.
8, 9, and 10. Three plates from sketches by Hogarth, designed for the
monument and epitaph of George Taylor.
11. Nine prints for Hogarth's _Tour_, from drawings by Scott, etc.,
engraved by Livesay, accompanied with nine pages of letterpress.
12. Hogarth's Crest. A spiral shell painted on his carriage, and
since his death copied by Livesay.
13. Eta Beta Py. Prefixed to the title of the second edition of Mr.
Nichols' _Anecdotes_.
14. An Old Parson's Head, most admirably marked; engraved in the
dotted style.
1785.
The four which follow were etched by S. Ireland.
1. Orator Henley Christening a Child. From an unfinished sketch by
Hogarth.
2. A Small Landscape.
3. Head of a Female Moor.
4. Head of Diana.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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