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The image features two individuals and a dog seated. The central figure is a man in a chair holding an artist's palette and brushes with curly hair under a wide-brimmed hat. Beside him is an intricately carved chair arm with a satyr face. Behind him, an older woman holds a mirror and a book. A dog stands next to the man. The setting includes an artist's workspace with a large canvas on an easel and a mug inscribed with "The laurel is for comic Art." The background is shaded with lines.
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The image features two individuals and a dog seated. The central figure is a man in a chair holding an artist's palette and brushes with curly hair under a wide-brimmed hat. Beside him is an intricately carved chair arm with a satyr face. Behind him, an older woman holds a mirror and a book. A dog stands next to the man. The setting includes an artist's workspace with a large canvas on an easel and a mug inscribed with "The laurel is for comic Art." The background is shaded with lines.

National Gallery of Art · Print

An Answer to the Print of John Wilkes Esq. by Wm. Hogarth

British 18th Century, after William Hogarth

Date
1763
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 36.9 × 23.3 cm (14 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.) sheet: 40.6 × 26.6 cm (16 × 10 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2017.53.34
Credit line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • caricature
Provenance

(R. E. Lewis, San Francisco, 14 September 1984); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Inscription

lower center in plate: An Answer to the Print of IOHN WILKES ESQR. by Wm. Hogarth. / Sold in Leicester Fields Price 6 Pence.; center left in image: 300 per / Ann for / distorting / features; center right in image: Colour to / blacken fair / Charachters

NGA object ID 209619. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.