UID:
almafu_9960118141702883
Format:
1 online resource (xxxii, 370 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-47702-6
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Art and architecture
Content:
This illustrated three-volume catalogue of the works of painter & engraver William Hogarth was the result of 'Hogarthomania', the enthusiasm for all his productions which arose soon after his death. The publisher & author John Nichols, assisted by the collector & literary critic George Steevens, published a life of Hogarth & a list of his works in 1781, & as disputes increasingly arose over the genuineness of some of the prints attributed to him, enlarged versions appeared in 1782 & 1785. This work, published between 1808 & 1817, is the last in the sequence of Nichols' works on Hogarth, & remains a useful source for art historians & anyone interested in the cultural life of the eighteenth century. Volume 3, published seven years after Volume 2, contains further plates, critical essays, & a 'key' to the scenes in Hogarth's prints allegedly derived from classical sources.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2014.
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Originally published: London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1817.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-07502-9
Language:
English
