The battle of the pictures

The battle of the pictures

Item Information

Title:
The battle of the pictures
Description:
This etching was used as a bidder's ticket for an auction of 19 paintings by Hogarth. Ranks of copies of old master paintings stacked outside Cock's auction house attacking paintings by Hogarth as they emerge from his studio. A weeping Magdalene spears the third scene of A Harlot's Progress, a procession of Bacchus encounters Midnight Modern Conversation, and so on.
Artist:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Date:
February 1745
Format:
Prints
Ephemera
Genre:
Etchings
Tickets
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints
Subjects:
Paintings
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 20 x 22 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5138jt592
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Paulson: 157
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Paulson, Ronald. "Hogarth's Graphic Works." The Print Room, 1989, London.
Identifier:
18_06_000070
W. 3880 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666003801046