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Title:

Apprehended by a magistrate

Object 1

Series Title:

plate 3 from A harlot's progress series

Collection Title:

Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection

Accession Number:

1959.2596.000.000

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	29.8	37.2			cm
sheet	31.5	37.9			cm

Inscription:

inscribed l. r., corner, printed: "W. Hogarth inv t: prix t et sculp t."; inscribed l. l. corner, printed: " Plate 3. "; printed u.c.: "James Dalton his/ Wigg box"; c.l., printed: "Cap. t Mackheath D. r Sacheveral S.T.P."; l.c., printed: "Pastoral/ letter to"; c.r. printed: "To/ M. r Hack/ about"; l.r.corner printed: [illegible] in Drury/ Lane."

Other Inscriptions:

inscribed l. l. corner, unknown hand, pencil: "m" ; bot. c., unknown hand, pencil "Harlots Progress" Inscr. on former mount, bot. c., typed: "William Hogarth, 1697-1764 [1697-1764 underlined] (English) - [A harlot's progress]. Plate 3. [Apprehended by a Magistrate]. [1734]. (Engraving./ 1st State. B.M. 2061)."; bot. c., pencil: "Pa123 [directly follows 2061]." inscribed l. l. corner, printed: " Plate 3. "; printed u.c.: "James Dalton his/ Wigg box"; c.l., printed: "Cap. t Mackheath D. r Sacheveral S.T.P."; l.c., printed: "Pastoral/ letter to"; c.r. printed: "To/ M. r Hack/ about"; l.r.corner printed: [illegible] in Drury/ Lane."

Catalogue Raisonne:

Paulson 1991 98

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