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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1822
People
William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London)
Title
The Distressed Poet
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1736
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256284

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 35.4 x 40 cm (13 15/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: A--A
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 1st state
    £2. 2. 0

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
P. 145, BM Sat. 2309, P.-B. 15

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1822
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robert Darnton, The Devil in the Holy Water or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon, University of Pennsylvania Press (Philadelphia, 2010), repr. in b/w p. 283 as fig. 33

Verification Level

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