Lot 32
  • 32

William Hogarth

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • William Hogarth
  • A Rare Collection of Engravings and Etchings by and after William Hogarth
  • Etchings and engravings on paper
  • Overall size: 610 by 470mm; 24 by 18½in
Engravings and etchings, circa 1730-1764, 82 plates, good to very good impressions, mostly final states, on paper with an Auvergne and Grand Eagle watermarks (see Heawood 1317, dated circa 1772), bound in an album, modern calf-backed marbled boards, retaining earlier red morocco lettering-piece

Condition

This set includes the following: Plate 1 Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse (P. 204) Plate 2-7 A Harlot's Progress (P. 121-126), six plates, the complete set Plate 8-15 A Rake's Progress, (P. 132-139), eight plates, the complete set Plate 16-19 Marriage a la Mode (P. 230-233), four plates (from the set of six) Plate 20-23 The Four Times of the Day (P. 152-155), four plates, the complete set Plate 24-25 Before and After (P. 141-142), two plates, the complete set Plate 26 A Midnight Modern Conversation (P. 128) Plate 27 The Distressed Poet (P. 145) Plate 28 The Enraged Musician (P. 158) Plate 29 Southwark Fair (P .131) Plate 30 Garrick in the Character of Richard III (P. 165) Plate 31 The Gate of Calais, or The Roast Beef of Old England (P. 180) Plate 32 Paul before Felix (P. 192) Plate 33 Sullivan's Paul before Felix (engraved by Sullivan, after Hogarth) Plate 34 Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter (P. 193) Plate 35 The March to Finchley (engraved by Sullivan, after Hogarth) (P. 237) Plate 36 Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn (P. 156) Plate 37-40 Four Prints of an Election (P. 198-201), four plates, the complete set *Plate 41 Bishop Hoadly (engraved by Baron, after Hogarth) (P. 226) *Plate 42-53 Industry and Idleness (P. 168-179), twelve plates, complete set *Plate 54 Simon Lord Lovat (P. 166) *Plate 55 The Sleeping Congregation (P. 140) *Plate 56 The Stage-Coach, or The Country Inn Yard (P. 167) *Plate 57 Paul before Felix Burlesqued (P. 191) *Plate 58 The Company of Undertakers (P. 144) *Plate 59 Scholars at a Lecture (P. 143) *Plate 60 A Chorus of Singers (P. 127) *Plate 61 The Laughing Audience (P. 130) *Plate 62 Characters and Caricaturas (P. 162) *Plate 63 The Bench (P.205) *Plate 64 Columbus Breaking the Egg (P. 194) *Plate 65 The Battle of the Pictures (P. 163) *Plate 66 A Stand of Arms, Musical Instruments (P. 184) *Plate 67 Time Smoking a Picture (P. 207) Plate 68-69 Beer Street and Gin Lane (P. 185-186), two plates, complete set Plate 70-73 The Four Stages of Cruelty (P. 187-188), four plates, complete set Plate 74-75 The Invasion (P. 202-203), two plates, complete set *Plate 76 The Cockpit (P. 206) *Plate 77 The Five Orders of Periwigs (P. 208) *Plate 78 Enthusiasm Delineated (P. 209) *Plate 79 The Times (P. 211), one plate (from the set of two) *Plate 80 John Wilkes (P. 214 *Plate 81 The Bruiser (P. 215) *Plate 82 Tailpiece, or The Bathos (P. 216) The plates are bound into an album, the plates with an asterisk (*) are glued to bound sheets at corners or/and at interval along the edges of the sheets (with associated glue stains), otherwise in generally good, fresh condition.
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