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Tailpiece or The bathos

Tailpiece or The bathos
 1764

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
26.2 × 32.4 cm (image) 31.7 × 33.7 cm (plate) 36.7 × 40.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 216 i/i; BM Satires 4106
Edition
only state
Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: TAIL PIECE.
printed in ink l.l.: Design'd and Engrav'd by W.m (m in superscript above . ) Hogarth.
printed in ink l.r.: Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t (t in superscript above . ) March 3.d (d in superscript above . ) 1764.
printed in ink l.c.: THE BATHOS, / or Manner of Sinking, in Sublime Paintings, / inscribed to the Dealers in Dark Pictures.
Accession Number
1278.450-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display