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Hogarth, William (painter)

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Title/s

Before

Maker/s

Hogarth, William (painter) [ULAN info: British artist, 1697-1764]

Category

painting

Name

painting

School/Style

British

Technique Description

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 37.2 cm
width: 44.7 cm

Date

1730 to 1731

Provenance

bequeathed: Smith, Arnold John Hugh 1964 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints)

probably the pair of paintings with these titles ordered by 'Mr Thomson', 1730; on the London art market, 1832; coll. H.R. Willettt, of Shooter's Hill, London, 1842; Locker-Lampson; Duke of Hamilton by 1907; bought by A.J. Hugh Smith, 1919

through the National Art Collections Fund

Inscriptions/Marks

1. label
   Position: verso
   Method: printed, with graphite annotation
   Content: City of Manchester Art Gallery (and in graphite) 12
   

Documentation

1. (2005) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum, London: Scala [page: 71]
2. Beckett, R.B. (1949) Hogarth, London?: Routledge and Paul
   [comments: pl. 35]
3. (1965) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Annual Report for the Year ending 31 December 1964, Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press
   [comments: pl. X]
4. Goodison, J.W. (1967) [Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960], London [page: 202]
   Source title: Illustrated London News (1960)
5. Raines, R. (1966) Marcellus Laroon, [page: 66]
   [comments: fig. 22 (Before only)]
6. Paulson, Ronald (1971) Hogarth, his life, art and times, Vol. 1, New Haven [page: 231]
   [comments: fig. 87]
7. Gowing, Lawrence (1971) Hogarth, : Tate Gallery [page: 29]
   [comments: no. 50]
8. Goodison, J.W. (1977) Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School, Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: 114-115]
   [comments: pl. 9]
9. Dalevezo, Jean Naissance de la Peinture Anglaise, [page: 12 ff]
   Source title: L' Oeil Revue d' Art (1977)
   [comments: illustration no. 3]
10. Rosenthal, M. (1981) British Landscape Painting, Oxford [page: 34]
    [comments: pl. 27]
11. Uglow, Jenny (1997) Hogarth, a life and a world, London [page: 178-182]
    [comments: Reproduced (black and white) p.179]

Accession Number

PD.11-1964 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(Reference Number: 3386; Input Date: 2000-03-28 / Last Edit: 2010-01-19)

Related Object

PD.12-1964 - After

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