Mountebank painter [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
[publisher not identified]
[1753]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23 x 19 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3249

Notes:

Printmaker, title and publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Key to the image below image, followed by four lines of text: This arrogant quacking analist who blinded by the darkest ignorance of [the] principles of painting, has spoke so foolishly of the works of [the] greatest masters-- is hereby challeng'd to produce one piece of his either in painting, or on copper plate, that has [the] least grace, beauty or so much knowledge in proportion as may be found in common signs in every street--O will thy impudence is the certain consequence of thy ignorance."
A satire on Hogarth by Paul Sandby.
Old Print Shop; October 1959; Acquisitions no.: 959-10-1-139.

Abstract:

Satire on Hogarth, shown as the mountebank painter on a stage demonstrating the beauty of a crooked line. Eight figures identified in the key below: Hogarth (H), Dr. Morell (?), appearing in a clown's costume addresses the crowd. Also appearing are Hogarth's Fool (S), Hogarth's puffer(4), Hogarth's fiddler (W), etc.

Associated Names:

Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809 [Printmaker]

Topics:

Clowns
Crowds
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Morrell, Thomas, 1703-1784
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Steevens, George, 1736-1800

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1753
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1753

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:

753.00.00.05

Orbis Record:

8610490

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr01543

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10714509

PID:

digcoll:551718