William Hogarth
The Company of Undertakers

ArtistEnglish, 1697–1764
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • The Company of Undertakers
DateMarch 1736/1737
MediumEtching and engraving
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1983.5.63
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Prints by William Hogarth from the Collection of the Blaffer Foundation," Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, March 24 to September 10, 1998

"The Art of Exaggeration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 July - 23 September, 2012.

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