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Title:
Her arrival in London Object 1
Series Title: plate 1 from A harlot's progress series
Collection Title: Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection
Accession Number: 1959.2594.000.000
Creator: Hogarth, William
Place of birth: England
Creation Date: (1732)
Object Category: prints
Medium:
etching, engraving
Technique:
intaglio
State: 1st state of 2
Dimensions:
Type Height Width Depth Diameter Unit (Lengths) Weight Unit (Weight)
image 29.6 37.5 cm
sheet 31 37.9 cm
Inscription: signed l. r. corner, printed: "Wm Hogarth invt: prinxt: et sculp [corner damaged ]."; inscribed l. l. corner, printed: "a Harlots Progress [old-fashioned double-s] Plate 1. "
Other Inscriptions: inscribed on former mount, bot. c., typed: "William Hogarth, 1697-1764 [1697-1764 underlined] (English) - A harlot's progress. Plate I. [Her arrival in London]. [1734]. (Engraving. 1st State./ B.M. 2031)."; bot. c., pencil: "Pa121 [directly follows 2031]."
Catalogue Raisonne: Paulson 1991 96
Credit Line: Baillieu Library Print Collection, the University of Melbourne. Gift of Dr J. Orde Poynton 1959.
Narratives:
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Hogarth in the Baillieu: precedents and projections a study of the Hogarth print collection of the University of Melbourne Bailleu Library
History of the Virtual Print Room print collection