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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1861,0413.506
Title
Object:
A waiter and a hungry customer
Description
An elderly man with dishevelled hair, bending forward to seize a mug from the waiter, said to be Daniel Button, who holds out his other hand for the money. c.1720 (?) Pen and brown ink and wash, over graphite (?)
Producer name
Drawn by:
William Hogarth
School/style
British
Production date
1715-1735
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
120 millimetres
Width:
138 millimetres
Curator's comments
Said to depict a scene in Daniel Button's Coffee House, Russell Street, Covent Garden. Aquatint, 1786, by Samuel Ireland, with the inscription, "From the original drawing by HOGARTH in the Collection of Samuel Ireland"; second state in 'Graphic Illustrations', 1794, I, p 23, with the inscription omitted. Mounted with 1861,0413.507 See also 1861,0413.510
Bibliographic references
Croft-Murray (unpublished) / Catalogue of British Drawings in the British Museum: artists born 1665 to 1715
(1)
Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain
(24(a))
Oppe 1948 / The Drawings of William Hogarth
(14)
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(1701)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1957 Jun-Jul, London, Guildhall AG, 'Hogarth the Londoner', no.34 1964 Dec-May, BM, Hogarth, no.88
Subjects
coffee-house
waiter/waitress
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George Smith, the printseller
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(4-12.iii.1861/813)
Purchased through:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Brent
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel Ireland
(Christie's, 6.v.1797/137)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Jeremiah Harman
(Evans, 25.v.1844)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Henry Graves & Co
Acquisition date
1861
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1861,0413.506