Eta Beta P Y [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
[J. Nichols]
published as the act directs, August 1st, 1782

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 16.6 x 9.4 cm, on sheet 17.9 x 10.6 cm

Related Links:

Dobson, A. William Hogarth, p. 268

Notes:

Title and printmaker from Dobson.
Imprint from publication in which the etching appeared.
Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., Edinburgh; August 1940; £20 Kinnaird lot. With Kinnaird bookplate; disbound at Yale.
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with plate mark: sheet sheet 2.0 x 2.7 cm.

Abstract:

Title page of Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth (London : Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1782) with the text of an invitation written on a dinner plate with a fork on the left and a knife on the right. Text reads: Mr. Hogarths compts. to Mr. King and desires the Honnor of his company at dinner on Thursday next to Eta Beta P Y.

Variant Titles:

Mr. Hogarths compts. to Mr. King and desires the Honnor of his company at dinner on Thursday next to Eta Beta P Y
Mr. Hogarth's compliments to Mr. King and desires the Honor of his company at dinner on Thursday next to Eta Beta P Y
Biographical anecdotes

Associated Names:

Cary, John, approximately 1754-1835 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Invitations
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Steevens, George, 1736-1800

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1782
Frontispieces

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Kinnaird 2K(b) Box 100

Orbis Record:

9856257

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22403

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16030728

PID:

digcoll:2807242