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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
Cc,2.224
Description
Copy of a trade card by Hogarth for Mrs Holt's Italian Warehouse; vignette with Mercury conversing with a figure representing Florence, who sits at left with articles of trade: a jar of oil, fan, hat, violin etc., men loading other items onto a ship at right, view of Rome in the distance at left; the frame decorated at top with the arms of the Medici, at the four corners with ovals representing Naples, Venice, Genoa and Leghorn. Pen, ink and graphite
Producer name
After:
William Hogarth
School/style
British
Production date
1725-1837
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
224 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
153 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition
(105)
(copy)
Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition
(106)
(copy)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
advertising
allegory/personification
italian
trade/industry
Associated names
Representation of:
Hermes/Mercury
Associated with:
Medici
Associated with:
Mrs Holt
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Italy
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Packer
(probably)
Acquisition date
1827
(before)
Acquisition notes
See comment on S,2.1.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Cc,2.224