Hogarth, Don Quixote - Complete Set of 6 Engravings - Heath Edition 1822
€500.00
The complete set of William Hogarth's six engravings for Don Quixote, printed two to a sheet on three large folio sheets, as issued in the Heath edition of 1822. Paper watermarked "1821". Among the scenes: the funeral of Chrysostom, the care of Don Quixote at the inn, Mambrino's basin and the freeing of the galley slaves.
The complete set of William Hogarth's six engravings for Don Quixote, printed two to a sheet on three large folio sheets, as issued in the Heath edition of 1822. Paper watermarked "1821". Among the scenes: the funeral of Chrysostom, the care of Don Quixote at the inn, Mambrino's basin and the freeing of the galley slaves.
Hogarth engraved these coppers about 1726 for a Spanish edition of Cervantes sponsored by Lord Carteret, which in the end preferred those of Gerard Vandergucht. The coppers passed through Dodsley and Boydell before reappearing in the 19th-century Hogarth folios.
Medium: copper engraving
Artist: William Hogarth (1697-1764)
Date: 1822 edition; paper watermarked 1821
Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.9 in (62 x 48 cm) each sheet
Condition: good; paper toned and with rubbing in the margins from handling
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The complete set of William Hogarth's six engravings for Don Quixote, printed two to a sheet on three large folio sheets, as issued in the Heath edition of 1822. Paper watermarked "1821". Among the scenes: the funeral of Chrysostom, the care of Don Quixote at the inn, Mambrino's basin and the freeing of the galley slaves.