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Scholars at a Lecture

Maker

(artist)
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

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 //

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