William Hogarth, Mask and Palette

Mask and Palette, 1745

William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)

RA Collection: Art

Subscription ticket for Hogarth's engraving Garrick in the Character of Richard the Third. The mask-and-palette design clearly relate to the practice of painting a theatrical portrait.

Hogarth has applied his palette-and-brushes seal and filled in the name of the subscriber (Mr Chadwick), noted the price of the print (7s 6d) and the fact it is 'not paid', and signed his name. The inscriptions closely resemble those on the impression of the print (in the British Museum) reproduced in Paulson.

A subscription ticket made out to David Garrick himself (for another print by Hogarth) is also in the RA collection (17/3712).

Object details

Title
Mask and Palette
Artist/designer
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Date
1745
Object type
Print
Dimensions

111 mm x 120 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
17/3853
This image is from a book

Hogarth's prints. Vol. I. - [s.l.]: [n.d.]

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