Inscribed in plate, center bottom edge: Invented Painted & Engrav'd by Wm Hogarth & Publish'd June ye. 25 1735. According to Act of Parliament.- Lower right corner: Plate 5. Bottom margin: [five verses, two lines per verse (as described by Paulson)]
Marries an Old Maid, 1735
- William Hogarth, English, 1697-1764
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
- Plate: 14 × 16 inches (35.6 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 18 1/2 × 23 inches (47 × 58.4 cm)
Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund
72.230
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Details
1972-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
William Hogarth, Marries an Old Maid, 1735, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 72.230.