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Object Type
Museum number: Cc,1.198
Title: Object: The Town of Queenborough; Series: Hogarth's Tour
Description: Copy of view in Queenborough, looking E, along the High Street towards the Clockhouse (Town Hall), before which is a pole with a flag, and in the foreground, Forrest and Hogarth talking to a group of sailors from HMS Rose. 1781 Aquatint and etching, printed in dark brown ink
Producer name: After: William Hogarth; Print made by: Richard Livesay; Published by: Jane Hogarth
School/style
Production date: 1781
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: aquatint; etching
Dimensions: Height: 232 millimetres; Width: 340 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The series of 'Hogarth's Tour' consists of nine aquatint prints (Cc,1.193-201). See 1847,0320.1 for the comment on the series. See 1847,0320.6 for the drawing.
Bibliographic references: Nichols 1833 / Anecdotes of William Hogarth [and] a Catalogue of his Prints ... (p. 274); Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition (undescribed); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: William Hogarth; Portrait of: Ebenezer Forrest; Associated with: HMS Rose
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Queenborough
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1827 (before)
Acquisition notes: See comment on S,2.1.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Cc,1.198

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