The Miser

£65.00

Samuel Ireland after William Hogarth

The Miser

London, 1799

Etching and aquatint.

150 x 90 mm

£65

SKU: 8615 Category:
Description

Samuel Ireland after William Hogarth – The Miser

Samuel Ireland after William Hogarth – The Miser

The miser Harpagon standing on the right in front of a table, beside a notary and clerk, snuffing out a candle and complaining that his friend Anselm’s son has come to rob him of everything he owns, including his daughter, while the latter makes a bow to the daughter and assembled company; scene from Molière’s play, after a drawing by Hogarth; illustration to volume II of Ireland’s ‘Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth’ (1799).

William Hogarth

William Hogarth, (born November 10, 1697, London, England—died October 26, 1764, London).  The first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Best known for his MORAL and satirical engravings and paintings—e.g., A Rake’s Progress (eight scenes,1733).

His attempts to build a reputation as a history painter and portraitist, however, met with financial disappointment. His aesthetic theories had more influence in Romantic literature than in painting.

See full William Hogarth catalogue here