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Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British, Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse, 1764
- Title:
Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse
- Date:
- 1764
- Medium:
- Line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 x 14 inches (40.6 x 35.6 cm), Plate: 15 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (40.3 x 35.2 cm), Image: 14 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (36.8 x 34.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered center right: "COMEDY | 1764"; lower right: "ANALYSIS OF"; lower center: "William Hogarth. 1764"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1456
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- alteration | artist | beauty | chair | comedy | easel | man | mask | paintbrush | portrait | sadness | satyr | treatise
- Associated People:
- muse
Hogarth, William (1697–1764), painter and engraver - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42068
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Susan Rather, A Painter's Progess: Matthew Pratt and 'The American School', Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 28, 1993, p. 177, fig. 9, Available online (ORBIS) Also available in hardcopy: N610 A725 (LC)+ Oversize (HAAS) [ORBIS]
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