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Oratory Chapel

Maker

After
(artist)
1697-1764

(etcher)
act. 1790s (Life dates)

(author)
died 1800 (Life dates)

(publisher)

Title

Oratory Chapel

Date of Production

1799

Medium

printed in black
etching

Dimensions

Height: 13.3 cm
Width: 19 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6131.32

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Jane Ireland fec.t //

Inscription: Oratory Chapel / W. HOGARTH / Ireland, 1799, I, p. 138. //

Inscription: W. Hogarth fec.t //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: Oratory Chappel / It is written my house shall be / called ye house of prayer but ye / have made it a den of thieves. //

Inscription: Politicks / & / Divinity //

Inscription: Repaired and / Beautifyd by / O-r-H-y / Subjects to night / ye Battle of / Dettengen / & ye Bishops / pens for / ye Doctors / Friends / &c. / Butcher Frenchman / Scot and Tory / Join to rob Britain / of its Glory //

Decoration: Heaven with Butchers placid thy Priestly stall. Poor humble Faith to mangle hack & maul. price 6 //

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