William Hogarth
The Battle of the Pictures

The Battle of the Pictures

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The Battle of the Pictures
ArtistEnglish, 1697–1764
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • The Battle of the Pictures
DateFebruary 1744/1745
MediumEtching
Dimensions196 × 210 mm
 Plate or block: 7 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (19.7 × 21 cm)
 Sheet: 8 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (21.6 × 24.3 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1983.5.88
Not on view

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Department
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Object Type
Provenance[Andrew Edmunds, London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1983.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: above image: The Bearer hereof is Entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a Bidder for Mr. Hogarth's Pictures, which are to be Sold on the Last day of this Month; on the canvases at left: Do. and Dto; on the paper at lower left: The Battle of the Pictures; on the painting of Saint Francis in Prayer: 100 £

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Industry and Idleness, Plate IX: The Idle 'Prentice Betray'd by His Whore, and Taken in a Night Cellar with His Accomplice
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Industry and Idleness, Plate IX: The Idle 'Prentice Betray'd by His Whore, and Taken in a Night Cellar with His Accomplice
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Etching and engraving
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Industry and Idleness, Plate VIII: The Industrious 'Prentice Grown Rich, and Sheriff of London
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Industry and Idleness, Plate VIII: The Industrious 'Prentice Grown Rich, and Sheriff of London
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Etching and engraving
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Industry and Idleness, Plate VII: The Idle 'Prentice Return'd From Sea, and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute
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Industry and Idleness, Plate VII: The Idle 'Prentice Return'd From Sea, and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute
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Etching and engraving
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Industry and Idleness, Plate VI: The Industrious 'Prentice Out of His Time, and Married to His Master's Daughter
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Etching and engraving
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Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.57
Industry and Idleness, Plate XII: The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London
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Industry and Idleness, Plate XII: The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London
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Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.56
Industry and Idleness, Plate XI: The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn
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Industry and Idleness, Plate XI: The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn
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Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.55
Industry and Idleness, Plate X: The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeach'd by His Accomplice
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Industry and Idleness, Plate X: The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeach'd by His Accomplice
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.54
Industry and Idleness, Plate V: The Idle 'Prentice Turn'd Away, and Sent to Sea
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Industry and Idleness, Plate V: The Idle 'Prentice Turn'd Away, and Sent to Sea
October 1747
Etching and engraving
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Etching and engraving
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Industry and Idleness, Plate III: The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service
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Industry and Idleness, Plate III: The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service
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Etching and engraving
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