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Miser, The

Maker

(artist)
1697-1764

(engraver)
died 1800 (Life dates)

(publisher)
died 1800 (Life dates)

Title

Miser, The

Date of Production

1799

Medium

Mezzotint

Dimensions

Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 9.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4599

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: recto: lower left, artist: W. Hogarth date 1739.

Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver: Sam. Ireland fe:t.

Inscription: recto: lower centre, title: THE MISER. / Act 5. Scene 5.

Inscription: recto: typewritten, lower left, artist, date, reference: Ireland, 1799, II, p. 76.

Inscription: recto: handwritten in pencil, centre: Molière.

Stamp: recto: stamped in black, upper centre: WITT / LIBRARY.

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