William Hogarth HUDIBRAS PLATES 9 & 10 1802 Large Cook Edition Pub. 1812

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img WILLIAM HOGARTHGENUINE ANTIQUE ENGRAVING TAKEN FROMHOGARTH RESTOREDRE-ENGRAVED BY THOMAS COOKPUBLISHED 1812 HUDIBRAS PLATES 9 & 10 "Plate 9: a panelled room with a dozen members of parliament, among them . Hudibras, seated at a table on which lies a copy of the League and Covenant a . messenger rushes in through a door to right." - The British Museum."Plate 10: Hudibras has arrested the fiddler and is leading him to . prison while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks a ragged child with a . hoop, a well-dressed woman and young man look on." - The British Museum.Description/Condition: copperplate engraving measuring: Plate 56cm x 36cm approx. Sheet 57cm x 43cm approx. Inscribed: "Designed by W. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook. Published Oct. 1st. 1802, by G. & I. Robinson Pater-noster Row, London." A strong, dark impression, toning to margins, old d stain top left corner - please refer to images and examine carefully. William Hogarth was best known during his lifetime, as he is today, for his satirical engravings. They were in high demand throughout his career and were printed in even greater volume, first by Hogarthâ s wife and subsequently by several others, for many years following his death in 1764. By the 1790s, the plates had grown so worn that the sheets pulled from them offered only a ghost of the original image. One contemporary noted, â Some of the subjects which are still sanctioned with the name of Hogarth as the designer, are become flat, tame, and uninteresting and, instead of adorning the superb cabinets of taste and opulence, are hardly worthy of admission into the parlour of a common inn.â As a corrective, British printmaker Thomas Cook resolved to re-engrave Hogarthâ s entire oeuvre. In 1795, he announced a proposal for the â engraving, printing, and publishing by subscription, a complete edition of the works by that much admired artist William Hogarth,â under the heading Hogarth Restored - see Title Page above (not included but will provide a photocopy).Please Note: This large engraving was taken from the above edition, in which all the engravings are the same size as Hogarth's originals, and should not be confused with prints taken from The Genuine Graphic Works of William Hogarth, also by Thomas Cook, which are not the same size as the Hogarth originals and are in fact very much smaller.A highly detailed engraving, perfectly suitable for framing. GUARANTEED OVER 200 YEARS OLD. NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION. . 1310135. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 50360-1623

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