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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1841
People
William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London)
Title
The Analysis of Beauty, Plate 1
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Analysis of Beauty, Plates 1 and 2
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1753
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256287

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 38.9 x 50.2 cm (15 5/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: 25/pm

    La 2006 of
    2Le

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
P. 195, BM Sat. 3217

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1841
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/2015 - 05/05/2016

Verification Level

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