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Paul Sandby

The Bütifyer, A Touch Upon The Times, Plate 1

1761

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Paul Sandby

The Bütifyer, A Touch Upon The Times, Plate 1

1761

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 292 x 227 mm. (11 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.) Plate: 249 x 202 mm. (9 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Ingrid Rose, Washington, D.C., in Memory of her Husband, Milton M. Rose
Object Number 2013.275
Satire on/reponse to William Hogarth's print "The Times, Plate 1", attacking him as an apologist for Lord Bute
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Ingrid Rose, Washington, D.C.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: In plate, at across top: "The Bütifyer, A Touch upon the Times Plate I"; in plate, at middle: "Mr Hogarth"; in plate, at bottom left: "Published as the Act Directs Sept. 1762"

Markings: None

Artist

Paul Sandby

1729–1808

English, 1730-1809
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