James Basire after William Hogarth.
T. Morell S.T.P – S.S.A.
London, February 1762
Etching.
215 x 150 mm
Trimmed within platemark.
£100
Thomas Morell 1703 – 1804) was a classical scholar and friend of Hogarth’s , who assisted him the correcting of The Analysis of Beauty. Hogarth shows him in the character of a Cynic Philosopher, with an organ behind him, which was his instrument. Morell also wrote libretti for Handel oratorios.
Paulson 239 III/III
