[Frontispiece to "The humours of Oxford"] [graphic] / W. Hogarth ; G. Vander Gucht sculp.

Published/Created:

[London]
[J. Watts]
[1730]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching ; sheet 166 x 104 mm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1835
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3646

Notes:

Title from British Museum catalogue.
Plate from: The humours of Oxford. 2nd ed. London : J. Watts, 1730.
From R.W. Ketton-Cremer.
Mounted to sheet 255 x 190 mm with red ink ruled border and ms. title in red ink: Oxford in the days of Hogarth.

Abstract:

In a room in an Oxford tavern, one of the fellows drunkenly holds up a glass of wine while addressing the Vice-Chancellor who rebukes him for his conduct. A man with a bludgeon resting on his shoulder stands in the doorway. On the wall, an almanck (Oxford alm[...]. A dog lies asleep on the floor,

Associated Names:

Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Astley, Edward, Sir
Dogs
Intoxication
University of Oxford
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1730
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1730
Stamp

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Hogarth 730.04.00.01 Box 100

Orbis Record:

11317400

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22597

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16034705

PID:

digcoll:2810232