Original stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after an oil sketch by William Hogarth: the shrimp seller known as Shrimps!, in her large straw hat. At the foot: "Engrav'd from an Original Sketch in Oil by Hogarth, in the Possession of Mrs. Hogarth", with the imprint "Publish'd March 25, 1782 by Jane Hogarth & R. Livesay, Leicester Fields".
Original stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after an oil sketch by William Hogarth: the shrimp seller known as Shrimps!, in her large straw hat. At the foot: "Engrav'd from an Original Sketch in Oil by Hogarth, in the Possession of Mrs. Hogarth", with the imprint "Publish'd March 25, 1782 by Jane Hogarth & R. Livesay, Leicester Fields".
Signed within the plate mark "W. Hogarth pinx." at the left and "F. Bartolozzi sculp." at the right. This example is from the Heath reissue of 1822, on large-format wove paper.
Medium: Stipple engraving.
Artist / after: William Hogarth (London, 1697-1764).
Engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence, 1728 - Lisbon, 1815).
Date: First published 1782; this impression, Heath edition, 1822.
Dimensions: Plate mark 10.4 x 7.9 in (26.3 x 20 cm); sheet 24.4 x 18.9 in (62 x 48 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with wide margins. Light rubbing at the edges of the sheet and a small pale scuff in the lower margin, above the line of the imprint.