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print
;
satirical print
;
book-illustration
Object Type
print
satirical print
book-illustration
Museum number
1851,1213.83
Description
Illustration to Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender; reverse copy of the upper bodies of four men in Hogarth's The Cockpit, including the drunken man whose purse is being pulled away by another man's cane. Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen
After:
William Hogarth
School/style
German
Production date
1790-1795
(c)
Production place
Published in:
Göttingen (Lower Saxony)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
88 millimetres
Width:
51 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
One of five different figure studies after this print; for another, untrimmed impression, see 1851,1213.49. For information on the series, see 1851,1213.27.
Bibliographic references
Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition
(206)
(after)
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(3723)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Illustration to:
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Göttinger Taschen Kalender
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1851
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1851,1213.83