A Scot's opera [graphic] / W. Hogarth invt. ; Ger. VanderGucht sculp.
- Creator:
- Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker.
- Published/Created:
- [London] :
[publisher not identified],
[ca. 1732?] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching ; sheet 16.8 x 10.5 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched at top of image.
Date based on other work by Van der Gucht.
Quotation from book I, line 203 of Virgil's Aeneid etched below image: Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit. Virg.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
CtY-LW - Abstract:
- Hogarth shows Sganarelle coming up behind his wife, who is admiring a miniature portrati of a young man which she had innocently discovered on the ground. Sganarelle is making the cuckold's sign with his right hand over his head.
- Topics:
- Adultery.
City & town life.
Couples.
Dogs. - Topics:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.--CtY-LW
Book illustrations.
Etchings--England--London--1732. - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 75
H67
800 v.1
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize) - Orbis Record:
- 12620817
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26106f
- OID:
- 16193882
- PID:
- digcoll:4048305
