Miser, The
Maker
(artist)
1697-1764
(engraver)
died 1800 (Life dates)
(publisher)
died 1800 (Life dates)
1697-1764
(engraver)
died 1800 (Life dates)
(publisher)
died 1800 (Life dates)
Title
Miser, The
Date of Production
1799
Medium
Mezzotint, black ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 9.1 cm
Width: 9.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4599
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
Provenance
previous owner: Witt, Robert (Sir)
Inscriptions
Inscription: Sheet, recto: bottom left in image, black ink: "W. Hogarth date 1739"; lower right below image: "Sam. Ireland fe[colon]t"; centre of lower margin, black ink: "THE MISER. / Act 5. Scene 5."; centre of lower margin, pencil: "Moliere".
Mount, recto: lower left corner, black print: "Ireland, 1799, II, p. 76."
Stamp: Mount, recto: upper margin, black ink stamp: "WITT / LIBRARY".
Stamp: Mount, recto: upper margin, black ink stamp: "WITT / LIBRARY".
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