The stay-maker [graphic] : from an original sketch in oil by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland / etch'd by Jos. Haynes pupil to the late Mr. Mortimer.

Published/Created:

[London]
[Publish'd as the act directs Febry. 1, 1782 at No. 3 Clements Inn]
[1 February 1782]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.2 x 39 cm, on sheet 34.3 x 45 cm

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii.
Later impression, worn and with year in date altered in ink to '1772'.
1 print ; plate mark 31.1 x 38.0 cm, on sheet 33.0 x 41.1 cm.

Abstract:

After 'The Staymaker' by Hogarth: A man standing on the left, fitting a bodice for a young woman who stands holding the stays together and looking back over her shoulder at a mirror held by a maid who stands behind her; on the right, the husband kiss his small child who is held by the nurse who kisses his bare bottom. Another child pours wine into a tricorne hat. A young man (center) walks toward the staymaker and the boy's mother(?); behind him is the hearth.

Associated Names:

Haynes, Joseph, 1760-1829 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Children
Families
Governesses
Interiors
Kissing
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Servants
Steevens, George, 1736-1800
Tailoring

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1782
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1782

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:

Hogarth 782.02.01.02.4+ Impression 2 Box 210

Orbis Record:

11762897

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22588

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16034697

PID:

digcoll:2810221