print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.3571
Title: Object: The True Effigies of the [rebus for the Calf's Head Club] ...
Description: Satire on young Whig supporters and their supposedly republican tendencies: a copy of BM Satires 2141. 1735 Etching
Producer name: Attributed to: Gerard van der Gucht; Published by: George Foster; Formerly attributed to: William Hogarth (after)
School/style
Production date: 1735
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 238 millimetres; Width: 193 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Stephens notes an impression from the collection of Sarah Banks in the British Library (Mss. 6306/82) including the names of those present: "Lord Middlesex, Lord Boyne, Mr Sewallis Shirley ... (I) believe Lord John Sackville". Another impression from Sarah Banks's collection (BL, MSS.6306/80) with Robert Sayer's publication line, is annotated by Horace Walpole, "Mr Vandergutch [presumably BenjaminVandergucht] said that his father engraved this print from a drawing by Mr Hogarth"; there is no reason to think that he was accurate in ascribing the design to Hogarth but the etching may well be by Gerard Vandergucht. Walpole also notes that "Sir Wm. (called Hell fire) Stanhope was one of the members" See 1858,0417.591 for further information on the subject matter.
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2142); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (281.b)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: tavern/inn; execution; satire; fire; club; drunkenness
Associated names: Associated with: Charles I, King of England; Representation of: Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset; Representation of: Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne; Representation of: Sewallis Shirley; Representation of: Lord John Philip Sackville
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.3571
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