Scholars at a Lecture
Maker
(artist)
1697-1764
(engraver)
1697-1764
1697-1764
(engraver)
1697-1764
Title
Scholars at a Lecture
Date of Production
1736
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2104
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
1737 impressions from the cut plate were sold as one of a series of 'Four Groups of Heads' with Laughing Audience, Scholars at a Lecture, A Chorus of Singers and The Company of Undertakers. See also G.1990.WL.2024 and G.1990.WL.2105
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Publish'd by W Hogarth March 3.d 1736 Price Six pence //
inscription : printed : lower centre mount & recto : later witt inscription : : W. HOGARTH //
inscription : pencil: lower centre mount & recto : later witt inscription : : 1140 //
inscription : pencil: lower right mount & recto : later witt inscription : : G.1990.WL.2104 //
inscription : pencil: upper left mount & recto : later witt inscription : : c 932/60 (4a) //
inscription : stamped : upper right mount & recto : later witt inscription : : WITT / LIBRARY //
inscription : printed : within image on book & recto : : Datur Vacuum //
inscription : printed : lower centre mount & recto : later witt inscription : : W. HOGARTH //
inscription : pencil: lower centre mount & recto : later witt inscription : : 1140 //
inscription : pencil: lower right mount & recto : later witt inscription : : G.1990.WL.2104 //
inscription : pencil: upper left mount & recto : later witt inscription : : c 932/60 (4a) //
inscription : stamped : upper right mount & recto : later witt inscription : : WITT / LIBRARY //
inscription : printed : within image on book & recto : : Datur Vacuum //
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