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After William Hogarth (1697-1764)

The Company of Undertakers. published 3 Mar 1736

26.7 x 18.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 811603

The Company of Undertakers

After William Hogarth (1697-1764)

The Company of Undertakers published 3 Mar 1736

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Description

Coat of arms for physicians contained within black border (= death), divided into 2 by serrated wall. Below doctors holding gold-headed canes to chins or noses. One hold urinal. At top, John Taylor, Sarah Mapp and Dr. Joshua Wood. 1st state
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Creator(s)

After
Search the collection William Hogarth (1697-1764)
(designer)

Search the collection William Hogarth (1697-1764)
(engraver)

Search the collection Hogarth, William: London
(publisher)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Mapp, Sarah (d.1737)

Search the collection Dr Joshua Ward (1685-1761)

Search the collection Taylor, John (1703-72)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

engraving with etching

Measurements

26.7 x 18.3 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
British Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Genealogy and Heraldry
Heraldry
Coats of arms
Genealogy
Biography
Language, Linguistics and Literature
Literature
Drama
Comedies
Satire
References

Other number(s)

Paulson (1989) : Paulson, Ronald, 1989 Hogarth's graphic works, compiled and with a commentary, third revised edition – Paulson (1989) 144

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