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Title:
Boys peeping at Nature
Object name(s):
engraving; print
Brief description:
Print, 'Boys peeping at Nature' by William Hogarth (1697-1764), engraving on paper, undated; bottom left of margin in plate 'Reciev'd of / 5 Shillings being the first payment for two large Prints / one representing Moses brought to Pharoah's Daughter, / The other St Paul before Felix, nch / Promise to deliver - / when finish'd, on Receiving 5shillings more. / N.B. They will be Seven and Six pence / each print after the time of subscribing'
Collection:
Norfolk Museums
Acquisition date:
1959
Acquisition method:
gift
Associated concept:
fine art
Associated concept:
prints
Current location:
Not on display - In store
Inscription content:
Reciev'd of / 5 Shillings being the first payment for two large Prints / one representing Moses brought to Pharoah's Daughter, / The other St Paul before Felix, nch / Promise to deliver - / when finish'd, on Receiving 5shillings more. / N.B. They will be Seven and Six pence / each print after the time of subscribing
Inscription method:
in plate
Inscription position:
bottom left of margin
Inscription type:
inscribed
Object component name:
support
Object component information:
paper
Object name:
engraving; print
Object number:
NWHCM : 1959.209.24a
Object production person:
Hogarth, William
Person's association:
artist
Person's birth date:
1697
Person's death date:
1764
Other number:
24a.209.959
Other number type:
assigned number
Reproduction format:
jpeg
Reproduction type:
image
Responsible department/section:
Art-Fine Art

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6fc58bfb-279b-3b1d-9c86-1e3ec52c5b47

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6fc58bfb-279b-3b1d-9c86-1e3ec52c5b47, Norfolk Museums, CC BY-NC

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