Sir Francis Dashwood at his devotions. Engraving attributed to W. Platt after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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[179?-?]
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39179i
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Sir Francis Dashwood at his devotions. Engraving attributed to W. Platt after W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Dashwood in habit, adoring in place of a crucifix a naked Venus, with various other sybaritic accoutrements around

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [179?-?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 30.2 x 21.9 cm

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Lettering

State without any lettering; no impression with any lettering appears to be known. Possibly engraved in the 1790s or a few years later

References note

Freeman O'Donoghue, Catalogue of engraved British portraits, vol. III, London 1912, p. 33 (as engraved by Platt)
R. Paulson, Hogarth, his life, his art, and times, New Haven and London 1971, vol. 2, pp. 255-258

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39179i

Reproduction note

After a painting painted by W. Hogarth in the mid-1750s (Paulson, op. cit., p. 255) or late 1750s (Paulson, op. cit., p. 257), property of the Viscount Boyne

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