William Hogarth
The Distressed Poet

The Distressed Poet

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The Distressed Poet
ArtistEnglish, 1697–1764
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • The Distressed Poet
DateMarch 1736/1737
MediumEngraving and etching on laid paper, state II/II
DimensionsPlate: 14 1/16 × 16 in. (35.7 × 40.6 cm)
 Sheet: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Julie T. Dokell
Object number2014.907.27
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[Spencer A. Samuels and Company, New York, by 1984]; Edward Joseph Hudson, New York, 1984-mid-late 1980s; given to Julie T. Dokell, Houston, mid-late 1980s-2014; given to MFAH, by 2014.
Exhibition History"The Rowdy London of William Hogarth: Engravings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 11—April 1, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed bottom right below image: Invented Painted Engraved & Published by Wm.Hogarth March the 3d.1736. According to Act of Parliament. Price 3 Shillings
Printed below image left: Studious he sate, with all his books around, / Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound
Printed below image right: Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; / Then writ, and flounder'd on, in mere despair. / DUNCIAD. Book I. line III.
Catalogue raisonnéPaulson 145

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