Simon Lord Lovat

1746

William Hogarth

Associated Names
William Hogarth

Artist, English, 1697 - 1764

The image shows an elderly man sitting on a chair, with his body visible from head to knees. He is positioned slightly turned to his right, with his hands resting on his waist. The man has curly hair, a prominent chin, high-arched eyebrows, and a wide smile. He is wearing a long coat, knee-length breeches, and stockings. Surrounding him are an ornate chair, a wooden writing table with a book open and a quill in an ink pot. The background consists of parallel lines, highlighting the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.1 × 23.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.5 × 25 cm (15 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9043

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Paulson 1965, no. 166, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1931

  • Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 49, repro.

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 141.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 64.

1946

  • Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Cayuga Museum of History and Art, Auburn, NY, 1946, no cat.

1957

  • The Printmaker: 1450-1950, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, 1957.

1959

  • Old Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1959.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 80.

1967

  • William Hogarth, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1967.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Bibliography

1965

  • Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. Rev. ed., 1970.

Wikidata ID

Q65026759

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