'The Indian Emperor, engraved by Robert Dodd', prints after William Hogarth

Artwork details

Artist

Prints after William Hogarth (1697‑1764)

Title

The Indian Emperor, engraved by Robert Dodd

Date 1792

MediumEngraving on paper

Dimensionsimage: 406 x 540 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Transferred from the reference collection 1973

Reference

T01804

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Catalogue entry

T01804 The Indian Emperor 1792

Engraving 406×540 (16×21 1/4) on paper, 466×603 (18 3/8×23 3/4); cut to plate-mark
Writing-engraving (with some losses through damage to the paper) ‘Painted by W^m Hogarth|Engrav'd by Rob! Dodd|THE INDIAN EMPEROR,|Or the Conquest of Mexico; Act 4. Scene 4.|As perfor [...]r 1731, at M^r. Conduit's, Master of the Mint, before the Duke of Cumberland & c|[...] the original Picture in the Collection of Lord Holland.|Publish'd Jan.^y 1 1792, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall.’
Transferred from the reference collection 1973
PROVENANCE Unknown
LITERATURE Ireland, II, 1793, facing p.331 (key to sitters); Dobson 1907, pp.272–3; Paulson 1971, I, pp.301–4, 540 n… (read more)