The Company of Undertakers
Maker
(artist)
1697-1764
(engraver)
1697-1764
1697-1764
(engraver)
1697-1764
Title
The Company of Undertakers
Date of Production
1736
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.8 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2105
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
undertaker
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.2024.2104
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & recto : : ET PLURIMA MORTIS IMAGO //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : The Company of Undertakers // Beareth Sable, an Urinal proper ...Imago. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : in very small lettering: A Chief betokeneth ... some Excellence. // Publish'd by W. Hogarth March the 3.d 1736 Price Six pence //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre mount & recto : later witt inscription : : W. HOGARTH //
Inscription: inscription : pencil: lower centre mount & recto : later witt inscription : : 1141 //
Inscription: inscription : pencil: lower right mount & recto : later witt inscription : : G.1990.WL.2105 //
Inscription: inscription : pencil: upper left mount & recto : later witt inscription : : C932/67 (23a) //
inscription : stamped : upper right corner on mount & recto : later witt inscription : : WITT/ LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : The Company of Undertakers // Beareth Sable, an Urinal proper ...Imago. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : in very small lettering: A Chief betokeneth ... some Excellence. // Publish'd by W. Hogarth March the 3.d 1736 Price Six pence //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre mount & recto : later witt inscription : : W. HOGARTH //
Inscription: inscription : pencil: lower centre mount & recto : later witt inscription : : 1141 //
Inscription: inscription : pencil: lower right mount & recto : later witt inscription : : G.1990.WL.2105 //
Inscription: inscription : pencil: upper left mount & recto : later witt inscription : : C932/67 (23a) //
inscription : stamped : upper right corner on mount & recto : later witt inscription : : WITT/ LIBRARY //
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