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Members of a Society of Artists

Print
01/05/1829 (published)
Artist/Maker
Sawyer, Richard (engraver)
Tiffin, B. (publisher)
Hogarth, William (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait group of a society of artists showing men in an interior, gathered round a table. At the centre a man sits, his legs crossed and holding a sheet of paper. On the wall in the background is a landscape painting, flanked by two small statues. In the left foreground is a bust. The group consists of John Michael Rysbrack, Gawen Hamilton, Grinling Gibbons(?), Marcellus Laroon the younger, William Kent, Michael Dahl, John Vanderbanck and Charles Bridgman.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Scotland
Object type
Print
TitleMembers of a Society of Artists (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Paper
Etching
Brief description
Group portrait of a Society of Artists, including portraits of John Michael Rysbrack, Michael Dahl, John Vanderbanck and William Kent etc. Etching by Richard Sawyer after William Hogarth, 1829.
Physical description
Portrait group of a society of artists showing men in an interior, gathered round a table. At the centre a man sits, his legs crossed and holding a sheet of paper. On the wall in the background is a landscape painting, flanked by two small statues. In the left foreground is a bust. The group consists of John Michael Rysbrack, Gawen Hamilton, Grinling Gibbons(?), Marcellus Laroon the younger, William Kent, Michael Dahl, John Vanderbanck and Charles Bridgman.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 37.8cm
  • Cut to width: 43cm
Measured by SH 27/09/2010
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'This plate, representing portraits of the Members of a Society of Artists that existed about the Year 1730, is engraved from an original sketch in oil by William Hogarth, in the possession of the Publisher, in which reference is made to the names of the characters upon a tablet, as above. Etched by Richd. Sawyer. London Published May 1 1829 by W. B. Tiffin 3 Hay Market' (Lettered)
  • (Also lettered with a key)
Subjects depicted
Artists
Club
Society
Bust
Hogarth, William
Hamilton, Gawen
Laroon, Marcellus (The Younger)
Kent, William
Dahl, Michael
Rysbrack, John Michael
Vanderbanck, John
Bridgman, Charles
Gibbons, Grinling
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
22801

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O644618/members-of-a-society-of-print-sawyer-richard/
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