[Caricature portraits of George Bubb Doddington, Lord Melcombe-Regis, and Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchelsea] [graphic] / W. Hogarth delt. ; F. Bartolozzi sculpt.

Published/Created:

[London]
Publish'd Decr. 22, 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarths Leicester Fields
[22 December 1781]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 15.2 x 18.6 cm, on sheet 16.6 x 20.0 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3587

Notes:

Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Formerly attributed to Hogarth but more likely by George Townshend.
Caption below image: From the original drawing in the collection of the Earl of Exeter.
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Ms. notes in ink below identifying each figure: On the left is Lord Melcombe and on the right, Lord Winchelsea.

Abstract:

A stout man in profile with a long wig (the number '4' etched over his head; below "fig.2 [illegible]), points with his left hand, holding his hat in the other, on the left side; a man seen from behind on the right wears a sash diagonally and a long wig, and holds a paddle against his right shoulder with his left arm extended to the side slightly; another quick line sketch of the second figure is given below and to the left of it.

Associated Names:

Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]
Livesay, Richard, -1823? [Publisher]
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807 [Attributed name]

Topics:

Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Politicians -- England
Steevens, George, 1736-1800
Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century
Caricatures
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1781
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1781

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Hogarth 781.12.22.01.2 Box 112

Orbis Record:

11347313

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22666

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16034773

PID:

digcoll:2810288