A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Tailpiece to the Catalogue of Pictures exhibited in Spring Gardens, May 1761]](jpegs/33701.jpg)
[Tailpiece to the Catalogue of Pictures exhibited in Spring Gardens, May 1761]
W. Hogarth inv.t et del. C. Grignion sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 7. 1761
Engraving, sheet 145 x 140mm (5¾ x 5½"). Trimmed inside platemark; slight staining.
Satire on connoisseurs. Tailpiece to an exhibition held by the 'Society of Artists' at Spring Gardens, Charing Cross, in 1761. This exhibition was organised as artists, including Hogarth, withdrew from exhibiting at a space lent by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce on the Strand. Hogarth designed the frontispiece and tailpiece for the catalogue, which together predict increased royal patronage of the arts and the end patronage from connoisseurs. Royal patronage is represented as a plentiful reservoir in the frontispiece, while in this tailpiece a connoisseur dressed as a monkey, holding a magnifying glass, waters three withered and sapless sticks (all labelled with their dates of death, centuries ago) to show the poverty of patronage from connoisseurs. The labelling of the dead trees as 'exoticks' only emphasises the disillusionment of those connoisseurs.
Paulson 237 i/ii; BM Satires 3809
[Ref: 33701] £330.00
W. Hogarth inv.t et del. C. Grignion sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 7. 1761
Engraving, sheet 145 x 140mm (5¾ x 5½"). Trimmed inside platemark; slight staining.
Satire on connoisseurs. Tailpiece to an exhibition held by the 'Society of Artists' at Spring Gardens, Charing Cross, in 1761. This exhibition was organised as artists, including Hogarth, withdrew from exhibiting at a space lent by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce on the Strand. Hogarth designed the frontispiece and tailpiece for the catalogue, which together predict increased royal patronage of the arts and the end patronage from connoisseurs. Royal patronage is represented as a plentiful reservoir in the frontispiece, while in this tailpiece a connoisseur dressed as a monkey, holding a magnifying glass, waters three withered and sapless sticks (all labelled with their dates of death, centuries ago) to show the poverty of patronage from connoisseurs. The labelling of the dead trees as 'exoticks' only emphasises the disillusionment of those connoisseurs.
Paulson 237 i/ii; BM Satires 3809
[Ref: 33701] £330.00
Frontispiece Engraved for Barlows General History of Europe Explanation. Europe Insturcting the other quarters of the Globe, in the Arts, and SCiences [...]
Corbould delin.t Grignion Sculpt
Engraving, platemark 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Frontispiece to Percival Barlow's 'General History of Europe', with Europe as tutor to the figures representing Asia, Africa and America. Set in a library with other educational materials including a globe, a roll of maps, and an easel and paintbrushes.
[Ref: 40086] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Corbould delin.t Grignion Sculpt
Engraving, platemark 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Frontispiece to Percival Barlow's 'General History of Europe', with Europe as tutor to the figures representing Asia, Africa and America. Set in a library with other educational materials including a globe, a roll of maps, and an easel and paintbrushes.
[Ref: 40086] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontispiece to volume of works by Horace]](jpegs/33978.jpg)
[Frontispiece to volume of works by Horace] Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera
N. Blakey inv. et del. / C. Grignion sculp.
Londini MDCCXXXXIX
Engraved titlepage, sheet 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Staining. Cut.
Titlepage with rococo designs and profile portrait.
[Ref: 33978] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
N. Blakey inv. et del. / C. Grignion sculp.
Londini MDCCXXXXIX
Engraved titlepage, sheet 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Staining. Cut.
Titlepage with rococo designs and profile portrait.
[Ref: 33978] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)