Orator Henley christening a child [graphic] / etch'd by Saml. Ireland from an original sketch in oil in his possession by Hogarth.

Published/Created:

[London]
Publish'd March 1st 1786, by W. Dickenson, No. 158 New Bond St
[1 March 1786]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 37.9 x 28.7 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2838.2

Notes:

Title engraved below image.
Also signed below image: Hogarth pinxt ; S. Ireland fecit 1785.
Dedication etched below title: To Francis Grose Esq. F.A.S. an encourager & promoter of the arts, this etching from his favorite Hogarth is inscribed by his obliged friend & servant, Saml. Ireland.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
For related work by Sympson see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), p. 310.
See no. 2837 for original painting in reverse in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
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:

Orator Henley christening a child, after an oil sketch by Hogarth; the cleric stands holding the infant over a large, empty baptismal font, with the mother beside him to left. To his right stand a man who holds his hat and a stout woman, while in front a child, wearing a plumed hat and standing on tiptoe, reaches into the font, tipping the shallow bowl and spilling the water.

Associated Names:

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

Topics:

Baptisms
Children
Clergy
Fonts
Henley, John, 1692-1756
Infants
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Steevens, George, 1736-1800
Women

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1786

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Kinnaird 88K(a) Box 225

Orbis Record:

9875779

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr29645

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10996978

PID:

digcoll:551733