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Object Type
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
School/style
Production date: 1725-1837 (c.)
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Technique
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
Acquisition date: 1827 (before)
Acquisition notes: See comment on S,2.1.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Cc,2.224

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