(click thumbnail to enlarge,
Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual engraving)
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Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual engraving)
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Beer Street
Original copperplate etching from between 1751-59.
1st or 2nd state etching! (The first and second states of Beer Street featured the blacksmith lifting a Frenchman with one hand. The 1759 reissue replaced him with a joint of meat and added the pavior and housemaid. See the Heath edition prints below for comparison. More detailed information about these iconic Hogarth prints can be found on wikipedia.com.)
Mounted/matted with conservation materials: outer mat/mount dimensions are approximately 18.5 x 21 inches (47 x 53.3 cm)
Window opening of mount/mat = 12.5 x 14.875 inches (31.75 x 37.8 cm)
Sheet size under mount/mat: approximately 15.75 x 20.25 inches
(approx. 40 x 51.43 cm)
On chain-laid 18th-century paper.
Condition: Overall Excellent with beautiful dark impression characteristic of a very early print; typical light toning of paper; some fox marks in margins beneath mount/mat; remnants of old acidic hinging tape at top of very generous margins; remounted/rematted with conservation materials but the old hinge tape remains. More photos can be provided to those seriously interested. A very attractive pair of perhaps William Hogarth's most sought after prints. Ready to frame.
Text below etching:
Beer, happy Produce of our Isle
Can sinewy Strength impart,
And wearied with Fatigue and Toil
Can cheer each manly Heart.
Labour and Art upheld by Thee
Successfully advance,
We quaff Thy balmy Juice with Glee
And Water leave to France.
Genius of Health, thy grateful Taste
Rivals the Cup of Jove,
And warms each English generous Breast
With Liberty and Love!
AVAILABLE AS A SET ONLY, SEE BELOW
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Gin Lane
Original copperplate etching published by William Hogarth himself around 1759
(written in pencil underneath mount/mat is "2nd state" and this print was in the estate along with the "Beer Street" 1st state to the left. More detailed information about these iconic Hogarth prints can be found on wikipedia.com.)
Mounted/matted with conservation materials: outer mat/mount dimensions are approximately 18.5 x 21 inches (47 x 53.3 cm)
Window opening of mount/mat = 12.5 x 14.875 inches (31.75 x 37.8 cm)
Sheet size under mount/mat: approximately 12.75 x 15.25 inches
(approx. 32.4 x 38.7 cm)
On chain-laid 18th-century paper.
Condition: Overall Very Good/Excellent with beautiful dark impression; usual toning of paper (slightly darker than "Beer Street" to left); sheet has been trimmed to within plate mark and is just slightly larger than the window opening of the mount/mat. More photos can be provided to those seriously interested. A very attractive pair of perhaps William Hogarth's most sought after prints. Ready to frame.
Text below etching:
Gin, cursed Fiend, with Fury fraught,
Makes human Race a Prey.
It enters by a deadly Draught
And steals our Life away.
Virtue and Truth, driv'n to Despair
Its Rage compells to fly,
But cherishes with hellish Care
Theft, Murder, Perjury.
Damned Cup! that on the Vitals preys
That liquid Fire contains,
Which Madness to the heart conveys,
And rolls it thro' the Veins.
AVAILABLE AS A SET ONLY, SEE BELOW
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Beer Street and Gin Lane
Designed and etched by William Hogarth
Original 250-plus-year-old copperplate etchings published by William Hogarth during his lifetime
"Beer Street" is very likey 1st state (1751) and "Gin Lane" likely 2nd state (1759)
Sold only as a set, mounted/matted as shown above.
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(click thumbnail to enlarge, Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual engraving)
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(click thumbnail to enlarge, Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual engraving)
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Beer Street
Original copperplate engraving/etching
(Heath edition, 1822)
Sheet size: approximately 25¼ x 19¼ inches, thick woven paper.
(approx. 64cm x 48cm)
Image size (to plate mark impressions): approx. 13 x 15.25 inches
(approx. 33 x 38.75 cm)
Condition: Very Good/Excellent, with only a few unobtrusive fox marks in margins and closed tear lower right edge, well outside plate mark; typical browning to extreme outer edges of paper.
Text below etching:
Beer, happy Produce of our Isle
Can sinewy Strength impart,
And wearied with Fatigue and Toil
Can cheer each manly Heart.
Labour and Art upheld by Thee
Successfully advance,
We quaff Thy balmy Juice with Glee
And Water leave to France.
Genius of Health, thy grateful Taste
Rivals the Cup of Jove,
And warms each English generous Breast
With Liberty and Love!
AVAILABLE AS A SET ONLY, SEE BELOW
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Gin Lane
Original copperplate engraving/etching
(Heath edition, 1822)
Sheet size: approximately 25¼ x 19¼ inches, thick woven paper.
(approx. 64cm x 48cm)
Image size (to plate mark impressions): approx. 13 x 15.25 inches
(approx. 33 x 38.75 cm)
Condition: Excellent, with only a few unobtrusive fox marks in margins; typical browning to extreme outer edges of paper.
Text below etching:
Gin, cursed Fiend, with Fury fraught,
Makes human Race a Prey.
It enters by a deadly Draught
And steals our Life away.
Virtue and Truth, driv'n to Despair
Its Rage compells to fly,
But cherishes with hellish Care
Theft, Murder, Perjury.
Damned Cup! that on the Vitals preys
That liquid Fire contains,
Which Madness to the heart conveys,
And rolls it thro' the Veins.
AVAILABLE AS A SET ONLY, SEE BELOW
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Beer Street and Gin Lane
by William Hogarth
Original Copperplate Engravings and Etchings from:
The Works of William Hogarth from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath, Esq., R.A.; With the Addition of Many Subjects Not Before Collected: To Which is Prefixed, a Biographical Essay on the Genius and Productions of Hogarth, and Explanations on the Subjects of the Plates by John Nichols, Esq., F.S.A.
London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster Row
by Nichols and Son, Parliament Street
1822
SORRY, THIS SET HAS SOLD.
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(click thumbnail to enlarge, Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual engraving)
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(click thumbnail to enlarge, Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual engraving)
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Beer Street
Original copperplate engraving/etching
(Heath edition, 1822)
Sheet size: approximately 25¼ x 19¼ inches, thick woven paper.
(approx. 64cm x 48cm)
Condition: Excellent, with only a few unobtrusive fox marks in upper margin.
AVAILABLE AS A SET ONLY, SEE BELOW
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Gin Lane
Original copperplate engraving/etching
(Heath edition, 1822)
Sheet size: approximately 25¼ x 19¼ inches, thick woven paper.
(approx. 64cm x 48cm)
Condition: Excellent, with only a few unobtrusive fox marks in upper margin.
AVAILABLE AS A SET ONLY, SEE BELOW
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Beer Street and Gin Lane
by William Hogarth
Original Copperplate Engravings and Etchings from:
The Works of William Hogarth from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath, Esq., R.A.; With the Addition of Many Subjects Not Before Collected: To Which is Prefixed, a Biographical Essay on the Genius and Productions of Hogarth, and Explanations on the Subjects of the Plates by John Nichols, Esq., F.S.A.
London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster Row
by Nichols and Son, Parliament Street
1822
SORRY, THIS SET HAS BEEN SOLD.
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(click thumbnail to enlarge, Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual engraving)
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(click thumbnail to enlarge, Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual engraving)
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Beer Street
Original copperplate engraving/etching
(Heath edition, 1822)
Sheet size: approximately 25¼ x 19¼ inches, thick woven paper.
(approx. 64cm x 48cm)
Condition: excellent, aside from 2 faint fox marks in upper margin and a slight printer's finger smudge in the outer right margin—well outside the image area.
AVAILABLE AS A SET ONLY, SEE BELOW
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Gin Lane
Original copperplate engraving/etching
(Heath edition, 1822)
Sheet size: approximately 25¼ x 19¼ inches, thick woven paper.
(approx. 64cm x 48cm)
Condition: excellent, very light handling smudges in extreme lower margin, slight plate rub outside of upper left plate impression.
AVAILABLE AS A SET ONLY, SEE BELOW
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Beer Street and Gin Lane
by William Hogarth
Original Copperplate Engravings and Etchings from:
The Works of William Hogarth from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath, Esq., R.A.; With the Addition of Many Subjects Not Before Collected: To Which is Prefixed, a Biographical Essay on the Genius and Productions of Hogarth, and Explanations on the Subjects of the Plates by John Nichols, Esq., F.S.A.
London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster Row
by Nichols and Son, Parliament Street
1822
Sheet size: approximately 25¼ x 19¼ inches, thick woven paper.
(approx. 64cm x 48cm)
[Interesting side note: this set comes from the collection of Joseph Cunard (1799-1865), brother of Samuel Cunard — founder of the White Star Line.]
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Beer Street
Original copperplate engraving
(Heath edition, 1822)
Sheet size: approx. 19 x 25 inches
Condition: Very good to excellent, a nice strong impression,
with minor foxing confined to margins and slight edgewear on extreme bottom edge.
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Gin Lane
Original copperplate engraving
(Heath edition, 1822)
Sheet size: approx. 19 x 25 inches
Condition: Very good to excellent, a nice strong impression,
with minor foxing confined to margins and slight edgewear on extreme bottom edge.
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