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Creator:
Print made by William Hogarth, born in London, England, 1697; active in England; died in London, England, 1764
after William Hogarth, born in London, England, 1697; active in England; died in London, England, 1764
Title:
Analysis of Beauty, Plate I: A Statuary's Yard
Part Of:

Collective Title: Analysis of Beauty

Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 19 inches (37.8 × 48.3 cm), Image: 14 1/2 × 19 inches (36.8 × 48.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered above image, upper center: "ANALYSIS of BEAUTY, Plate I."; upper center: "T"; inside image, upper left: "29 | 30 | A B | a 32 | b | c d | 33 | 34"; upper center: "49 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 50 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 26 | 11 10 | 37"; upper right: "43 | 44 | 35 36 | 46 | 45 | 40 41 | 42"; center left: "2 | 31 | Figure I | A A A A A A A | 14 | 115 | 38 | 39 | 87 | 15 | 106 | 4 | 3"; center right: "BIT. DECEM- | 1752 | AETATIS : - | 47 | C | B | A | 88"; center: "7 6 21 13 19 12 | 67 65 66 68 54 | ?????O???- | ??S????S | ?????? | 107 | 55 | 12 48 18 | 17 20"; lower left: "98 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7"; lower right: "97 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105"; below image, lower left: "53"; lower center: "B"; lower right: "Designed, Engraved, and Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, March 5th 1753, according to Act of Parliament.--"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.1444
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42049
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William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-02-14 - 2019-05-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Caroline Patey, Enduring presence : William Hogarth's British and European afterlives, Peter Lang, Oxford and New York, 2021, p. 118, fig. 9, N6797 .H6 E53 2021 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Susan Rather, The American school : artists and status in the late-colonial and early national era, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2016, p. 116, 117, fig. 98, N6507 .R38 2016 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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