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- Title:
- "The Indian Emperor" or "The Conquest of Mexico"
- Date:
- 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 5/8 × 21 1/2 inches (44.8 × 54.6 cm), Image: 16 × 21 1/4 inches (40.6 × 54 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "T6"
Collector's mark: David Bindman
Lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by Wm. Hogarth."; lower right: "Engrav'd by Robt. Dodd."; lower center: "THE INDIAN EMPEROR, | Or the Conquest of Mexico; Act 4. Scene 4. | As performed in the year 1731, at Mr. Conduit's, Master of the Mint, before the Duke of Cumberland &c. | From the original Picture, in the Collection of Lord Holland. | Publish'd Jany. 1. 1792, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art; Gift of David Bindman
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2000.2.1
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- audience | bust | chairs | chandeliers | children | conversation piece | curtain | fan (costume accessory) | performance | performers | wigs
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11460
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Elizabeth Einberg, The age of Hogarth, British painters born 1675-1709 , vol. 2, Tate Gallery, London, 1988, p. 147, cat. no. 120, ND466 T38 1988 + OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
Joanna Marschner, Enlightened Princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, 2017, p. 169, fig. 7.06, NX543 +.E55 2017 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]