Etcher: William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London)
Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
Publisher: Published London by Jane Hogarth (British, 1709–1789). Heath edition 1822
In good condition.
Inscription: in plate, lower center: "Published as the Act directs May 14, 1781, by Mrs. Hogarth, at the Golden Head, Leicester Fields". Text within image, lower center: "Mr. Walpole in his Anecdotes of Painting &c. Vol. IV. p. 22. speaking of the Cartoons at Hampton Court, observes that Sir James Thornhill "having made copious studies of the heads, hands and feet, intended to publish an exact account of the whole, for the use of students: but this work has never appeared". / As the present plate was found among others belonging to the late Mr. Hogarth, it is not impossible but that it might have been engraved by him for his father-in-law Sr. James's intended publication."