Satire on False Perspective
1754
Artist, Irish, 1705 - 1771
Artist After, English, 1697 - 1764
Luke Sullivan, after William Hogarth
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving and etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
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Dimensions
plate: 22.8 × 18.4 cm (9 × 7 1/4 in.)
sheet: 31.5 × 26.6 cm (12 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.36
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Catalogue Raisonné
Paulson 1989, no. 232, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(C. & J. Goodfriend, New York, 31 March 1986); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1989
Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. Third edition. London, 1989: no. 232, ii/ii
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: W. Hogarth inv. et delin; lower right in plate: L. Sullivan Sculp.; lower center in plate: Whoever makes a DESIGN, without the Knowledge of PERSPECTIVE / will be liable to such Absurdities as are shewn in this Frontispiece; by later hand, upper right in graphite: DS / 10W
Wikidata ID
Q77259406