Analysis of beauty. Plate II [graphic] / designed, engraved, and publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, March 5th, 1753, according to act of Parliament.

Edition:
[State 1].
Published/Created:
[London]
[Wm. Hogarth]
[5 March 1753]
Physical Description:
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 42.9 x 53.2 cm, on sheet 46.0 x 56.6 cm
Notes:
Title engraved above image.
State from Paulson.
Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth 's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Acquisition no.: 955-11-21-96. Purchased as a bound collection of 97 prints with Sotheby bookplate; disbound January 1984.
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Abstract:
"One of two prints issued with Hogarth's treatise "The Analysis of Beauty": a ballroom scene with dancers ranging from elegant to ungainly; in the lower left corner is a pile of tricorne hats; forming a border around the main image are 41 compartments with diagrams relating to the text; the image is numbered throughout"--British Museum online catalogue.
Associated Names:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]
Topics:
Art
Ballrooms
Children
Couples
Dancers
Dogs
Figure drawings
Hats
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Portrait paintings
Sculpture
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909
Steevens, George, 1736-1800
Language:
English
Genre:
Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1753
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1753
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1753
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
Call Number:
Sotheby 96++ Box 315
Orbis Record:
9884710
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr22276
Volume/Enumeration:
Digital version
OID:
16030593
PID:
digcoll:2808335