Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764, Britishafter William Hogarth, 1697–1764, BritishPublished by Jane (Thornhill) Hogarth, 1709–1789, British
Title:
Four Heads from the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (26 × 46 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image, lower center: "Mr. Walpole in his Anecdotes of Painting &c. Vol. IV. p. 22, speaking of the Cartoons at Hampton | Court, observes that Sir James Thornhill "having made copious studies of the heads, hands | and feet, inteded to publish an exact account of the whole, for the use of students: but this | work has never appeared." | As the present plate was found among others belonging to the late Mr. Hogarth, it | is not impossible but that it might have been engraved by him for his father-in-law Sr. James's | intended publication. | Published as the Act directs May 14. 1781, by Mrs. Hogarth, at the Golden Head, Leicester Fields."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker