Time Smoking a Picture
Maker
After
(artist)
1697-1764
(etcher)
1765-1840
(artist)
1697-1764
(etcher)
1765-1840
Title
Time Smoking a Picture
Date of Production
(c.) 1800
Medium
etching
printed in black
printed in black
Dimensions
Height: 25.3 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6122.65
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
varnish
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Literature
Bindman, David, Hogarth and his times: serious comedy, London and Berkeley 1997
no. 55 on p.113
no. 55 on p.113
Inscriptions
Inscription: W. Hogarth pinx. //
Inscription: 73. //
Inscription: R. Sc. //
Inscription: As Statues moulder into Worth P: W: / To Nature and your Self appeal, / Nor learn of others, what to feel. Anon: //
Inscription: 73. //
Inscription: R. Sc. //
Inscription: As Statues moulder into Worth P: W: / To Nature and your Self appeal, / Nor learn of others, what to feel. Anon: //
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