Satan, sin & death [graphic] : Paradise Lost book II. From a print engrav'd by C. Townley in 1767 of which only three impressions were taken. One of which is in the collection of Saml. Ireland by whom this etching is made in 1788; the original picture by

Published/Created:

[London]
Published as the act directs, by Messrs Moulton & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall
May 1, 1788

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 21.7 x 22.9 cm

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
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).

Abstract:

"Sin interposes herself between Satan on the left and his son Death on the right to stop them attacking each other, revealing their relation to each other, with a portcullis gate in upper right, attached by a chain in the foreground; copy of a print by Charles Townley after a design by Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Satan, sin and death

Associated Names:

Ireland, Samuel, -1800 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Deadly sins
Death
Devil
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826

Language:

English

Genre:

Allegorical prints -- England -- 1788
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1788

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Kinnaird 90K(d) Box 130

Orbis Record:

9838070

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22494

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16030835

PID:

digcoll:2807344