Item 10: The Works of William Hogarth newspaper, ca. 1830-1840

Item — Box: 15, Folder: 19

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The Works of William Hogarth newspaper, ca. 1830-1840

Dates

Created: ca. 1830-1840

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material

Newspaper

Condition Note:

Poor, newspaper pages are worn, pages are not connected and pieces are missing. Tears are present along the creases of the paper.

Measurements:

7 ½ in. x 11 ⅞ in.

Title:

The Works of William Hogarth, Being A Complete Edition of this Celebrated Painter, Engraved on Steel by the First Artists, with Descriptive Letter-Press, By the Rev. J. Trusler.

Description:

A London newspaper advertising the prints of William Hogarth, who was a satirical caricaturist. This document is listed as being part 29 of the collection, and the front page makes note that each part contains four engravings of Hogarth’s work. The second and third page has a description: John Wilkes, ESQ. Drawn from the Life, and Etched in Aquaforts by William Hogarth, published according to Act of Parliament, May 16, 1763. Hogarth, throughout his career, made a very unflattering portrait of Wilkes, depicting him as mentally disabled and demonic. The fourth page: The Man of Taste” and an explanation of the plate. Last page: “Companion work to Kitto’s “Sunday Book.” Now publishing in fortnightly parts at 1s, and monthly parts at 2s Charles’ Knights’s Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature; And Companion for the Zoological Gardens. Illustrated with Four Thousand Wood Engravings, Executed with Scientific Accuracy, Of all the important Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects which fill the earth.”