HOGARTH, William, (1697-1764) artist. Engraved document signed ("Wm. Hogarth") to John Palvies, 17 March 1754. 1 page, 4to, 312 x 232mm. (12.3/8) x 9 in.), red wax seal in lower corner, neatly inlaid, minor soiling, WITH AN ELABORATE ENGRAVED VIGNETTE "Design'd, Etch'd & Publish'd, as the Act Directs, by Wm. Hogarth, 1754," the rectangular vignette at top of sheet depicting a complex arrangement of crowns, miters, scepters and other emblems of royal, ecclesiastical and civil authority, text accomplished in manuscript beneath (by Hogarth), contemporary endorsement on verso -- HOGARTH. Autograph manuscript (unsigned), 1752, 2 pages, narrow folio, tipped to a larger sheet. A leaf from Hogarth's household account book, arranged in column form, listing expenditures for washing, orphan's tax, a "pain of glass," "French prints," "100 metzotintos," etc. -- Manuscript document, a sheet of accounts recording sales by Hogarth's widow to the dealer Boydell, Nov.1782-Nov.1784. 2 pages, folio, tipped to larger sheet. Comprising 56 entries for sales of such Hogarth classics as "Marriage a la Mode," "The Four Stages of Cruelty," "Harlot's Progress," "Rake's Progress," and bound voilumes of prints. Together 3 items, bound in an album with five engraved portraits, folio, dark blue morocco gilt, gilt-ruled borders, gilt-lettered, gilt edges, red watered silk linings.An unusual trio of documents relating to this important English artist and printmaker, including a rare signed subscription form, recording a subscription for John Palvies to three (of four) prints in the series entitled The Election. Hogarth certifies that Palvies has tendered "...the first Payment for three Prints representing the Polling for Members of Parliament...Which I Promise to deliver when finished." In 1735 Hogarth had successfully persuaded Parliament to pass the Engraver's Copyright Act," to protect popular printmakers from piracy. A summary of the law is proudly engraved in two columns beneath the large vignette. Autograph material of this artist is RARE. (3)

HOGARTH, William, (1697-1764) artist. Engraved document signed ("Wm. Hogarth") to John Palvies, 17 March 1754. 1 page, 4to, 312 x 232mm. (12.3/8) x 9 in.), red wax seal in lower corner, neatly inlaid, minor soiling, WITH AN ELABORATE ENGRAVED VIGNETTE "Design'd, Etch'd & Publish'd, as the Act Directs, by Wm. Hogarth, 1754," the rectangular vignette at top of sheet depicting a complex arrangement of crowns, miters, scepters and other emblems of royal, ecclesiastical and civil authority, text accomplished in manuscript beneath (by Hogarth), contemporary endorsement on verso -- HOGARTH. Autograph manuscript (unsigned), 1752, 2 pages, narrow folio, tipped to a larger sheet. A leaf from Hogarth's household account book, arranged in column form, listing expenditures for washing, orphan's tax, a "pain of glass," "French prints," "100 metzotintos," etc. -- Manuscript document, a sheet of accounts recording sales by Hogarth's widow to the dealer Boydell, Nov.1782-Nov.1784. 2 pages, folio, tipped to larger sheet. Comprising 56 entries for sales of such Hogarth classics as "Marriage a la Mode," "The Four Stages of Cruelty," "Harlot's Progress," "Rake's Progress," and bound voilumes of prints. Together 3 items, bound in an album with five engraved portraits, folio, dark blue morocco gilt, gilt-ruled borders, gilt-lettered, gilt edges, red watered silk linings. An unusual trio of documents relating to this important English artist and printmaker, including a rare signed subscription form, recording a subscription for John Palvies to three (of four) prints in the series entitled The Election. Hogarth certifies that Palvies has tendered "...the first Payment for three Prints representing the Polling for Members of Parliament...Which I Promise to deliver when finished." In 1735 Hogarth had successfully persuaded Parliament to pass the Engraver's Copyright Act," to protect popular printmakers from piracy. A summary of the law is proudly engraved in two columns beneath the large vignette. Autograph material of this artist is RARE. (3)

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HOGARTH, William, (1697-1764) artist. Engraved document signed ("Wm. Hogarth") to John Palvies, 17 March 1754. 1 page, 4to, 312 x 232mm. (12.3/8) x 9 in.), red wax seal in lower corner, neatly inlaid, minor soiling, WITH AN ELABORATE ENGRAVED VIGNETTE "Design'd, Etch'd & Publish'd, as the Act Directs, by Wm. Hogarth, 1754," the rectangular vignette at top of sheet depicting a complex arrangement of crowns, miters, scepters and other emblems of royal, ecclesiastical and civil authority, text accomplished in manuscript beneath (by Hogarth), contemporary endorsement on verso -- HOGARTH. Autograph manuscript (unsigned), 1752, 2 pages, narrow folio, tipped to a larger sheet. A leaf from Hogarth's household account book, arranged in column form, listing expenditures for washing, orphan's tax, a "pain of glass," "French prints," "100 metzotintos," etc. -- Manuscript document, a sheet of accounts recording sales by Hogarth's widow to the dealer Boydell, Nov.1782-Nov.1784. 2 pages, folio, tipped to larger sheet. Comprising 56 entries for sales of such Hogarth classics as "Marriage a la Mode," "The Four Stages of Cruelty," "Harlot's Progress," "Rake's Progress," and bound voilumes of prints. Together 3 items, bound in an album with five engraved portraits, folio, dark blue morocco gilt, gilt-ruled borders, gilt-lettered, gilt edges, red watered silk linings.

An unusual trio of documents relating to this important English artist and printmaker, including a rare signed subscription form, recording a subscription for John Palvies to three (of four) prints in the series entitled The Election. Hogarth certifies that Palvies has tendered "...the first Payment for three Prints representing the Polling for Members of Parliament...Which I Promise to deliver when finished." In 1735 Hogarth had successfully persuaded Parliament to pass the Engraver's Copyright Act," to protect popular printmakers from piracy. A summary of the law is proudly engraved in two columns beneath the large vignette. Autograph material of this artist is RARE. (3)

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