The embarcation [graphic] / Scott delint. ; the figures by Hogarth ; Rd. Livesay fecit.

Creator:

Livesay, Richard, -1823?, printmaker, publisher.

Published/Created:

[London] :
Publish'd Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields,
[27 November 1781]

Physical Description:

1 print : aquatint and etching in sepia ink with hand coloring on wove paper ; sheet 23.7 x 33.7 cm

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Notes:

Title etched below image.
Figures are lettered in plate with key beneath title: A. The boat. B. Mr. Tothall at the helm. C. Mr. Thornhill lending a hand to. D. Mr. Hogarth. E. Mr. Forrest pushing forward. F. Mr. Scott. G. Sheerness.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
CtY-LW
Plate for: Gosling, W. Account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons ...
Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.).

Abstract:

A view of the river Medway, opposite Sheerness, on a windy day with the town and ships in the distance. In the foreground the figures (identified by letters) struggle with their boat.

Topics:

Artists.
Boats.
Sailing.
Ships.

Topics:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Hogarth, William,--1697-1764--Portraits.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Scott, Samuel,--approximately 1710-1772,--artist.
Scott, Samuel,--approximately 1710-1772--Portraits.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership.
Thornhill, James,--Sir,--1675-1734--Portraits.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1781.
Etchings--England--London--1781.

Format:

Image

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:

75
H67
800 v.3
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

12735469

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr26282a

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1891

OID:

16194233

PID:

digcoll:4047626