William Hogarth
Gulielmus Hogarth (Self-Portrait)

Gulielmus Hogarth (Self-Portrait)

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Gulielmus Hogarth (Self-Portrait)
ArtistEnglish, 1697–1764
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Gulielmus Hogarth (Self-Portrait)
DateMarch 1748/1749
MediumEtching and engraving
Dimensions380 × 287 mm
 Plate or block: 15 × 11 1/4 in. (38.1 × 28.6 cm)
 Sheet: 16 3/16 × 12 3/8 in. (41.1 × 31.4 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1983.5.89
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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: on the palette: The Line of Beauty; below image: Gulielmus Hogarth. / Se ipse Pinxit et Sculptsit 1749.

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