Battle of the Pictures (Top Panel), Three Characters and Four Caricatures (Bottom Panel)

AAT Object Form/FunctionEngraving (prints)

Date1743, in 1796 album 7th printing

MediumEngraving

Credit LineArt History Department Fund

Dimensions7 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (19.7 x 21.9 cm)

Object number1967.003

Exhibition HistoryCandler Library Exhibition, Emory University, November 27, 1972 - January 1973
Emory University Art History Department Exhibition, Summer 1976
Style and Technique: Prints from the Collection of the Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 18 - May 4, 1997
A Harlot's Progress: Hogarth's Comic History, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 1 - December 4, 2011
The Carlos as Catalyst: The Transformation of the Museum at Emory, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, January 18 - May 31, 2019

ProvenanceEx coll. Emory University Art History Department, purchased from London Grafica Arts Inc., Detroit, Michigan, 1967. Transferred to Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, ca. 1981.

InscribedTop: "The Bearer hereof is Entitled (if he thinks proper) to be a Binder for _Mr. Hogarth's Pictures_, which are to be sold on the Last day of this Month-". Bottom of the top image within a scroll in the image: "The Battle of the Pictures". Bottom (below lower image in three columns with three rows): Cartons Raphael Urbin Pinx. Car! Chezzedel. Annibal Charraci invt. Leonardo da Vinci pinx. 3 Characters 4 CARICARTVRAS

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