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Crowns, Mitres, Maces etc.

Print
1754 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

In the upper middle of the image there is a crown with lines emanating from its centre that reach out across the image. Below the crown lies a jumbled pile of objects including several crowns, mitres, maces, hats and books. Beneath this pile of objects there are twenty-two lines of text celebrating Hogarth's Act of 1735.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCrowns, Mitres, Maces etc. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching and engraving
Brief description
Print by William Hogarth, 'Crowns, Mitres and Maces etc.', subscription ticket, etching and engraving, Great Britain, 1754
Physical description
In the upper middle of the image there is a crown with lines emanating from its centre that reach out across the image. Below the crown lies a jumbled pile of objects including several crowns, mitres, maces, hats and books. Beneath this pile of objects there are twenty-two lines of text celebrating Hogarth's Act of 1735.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 22.7cm
  • Plate width: 18.9cm
  • Sheet height: 29.8cm
  • Sheet width: 22.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1993
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Wm Hogarth' (Signed in ink)
  • '31 May 1754' (Inscribed in the artist's hand)
  • 'Charles Grey Esq.' (Inscribed with the subscribers name)
  • 'Design'd, Etch'd & Publish'd, as the Act directs, by Wm. Hogarth, March 20th 1754.' (Lettered)
  • (Lettered with twenty-two lines of text celebrating Hogarth's Act 1735. Stamped with Hogarth's seal in the form of artist's brushes and a palette.)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's graphic works. London: The Print Room, 1989. 479pp, illus. ISBN: 0951480804 :
  • Repr. in The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts, London 1993, p.Stand C2
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1993
Collection
Accession number
E.656-1993

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Record createdMarch 20, 2009
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