William Hogarth Collection

(GC113)

Item Listing
by
Vicki Principi

Graphic Arts Collection
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton University Library
2005



Consists of etchings and engravings created by William Hogarth. The collection includes several series of prints, including Four prints of an election, The four stages of cruelty, The four times of day, A harlot's progress, Industry and idleness, Marriage a-la-mode, and A rake's progress.

Box 1 contents [Small prints]:
The battle of the pictures; etching; 1745
Boys peeping at nature; etching; 1750
Columbus breaking the egg; etching; 1753/12/01
The company of undertakers; etching and engraving; 1736/03/03
Feeding poultry; engraving; 1821/05/01
The five orders of perriwigs as they were worn at the late coronation, measured architectonically [copy 1]; etching; 1761/10/15
The five orders of perriwigs as they were worn at the late coronation, measured architectonically [copy 2]; etching; 1761/10/15
The five orders of perriwigs as they were worn at the late coronation, measured architectonically [copy 3]; etching; 1761/10/15
Four prints of an election [Receipt ticket]; etching; 1754/03/20
Hudibras [Plate 2: Sr. Hudibras his passing worth, the manner how he fally'd forth]; engraving; 1726
Hudibras [Plate 4: Hudibras, triumphant]; engraving; 1726
Hudibras [Plate 5: Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla]; engraving; 1726
Hudibras [Plate 6: Hudibras in tribulation]; engraving; 1726
Hudibras [Plate 9: Hudibras catechiz'd]; engraving; 1726
Hudibras [Plate 10: The committee]; engraving; 1726
The laughing audience [Copy 1]; etching and engraving; 1733
The laughing audience [Copy 2]; etching and engraving; 1737
March to Finchly [Subscription ticket]; etching and engraving; 1746
Marriage a-la-mode [Subscription ticket]; etching; 1743
Martin Folkes Esqr.; engraving; n.d.
Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith; engraving; n.d.
Scholars at a lecture [copy 1]; engraving; 1736/03/03
Scholars at a lecture [copy 2]; engraving; 1736/03/03
The sleeping congregation; engraving; 1762/04/21
Theatre Royal; engraving; n.d.
Theatre Royal / Drury Lane / The old batchelor; engraving; n.d.
Time smoking a picture [Subscription ticket to 'Sigismonda']; engraving; n.d.
The times [Plate 1, copy 1]; engraving; 1762/09/07
The times [Plate 1, copy 2]; engraving; 1762/09/07
The times [Plate 2]; engraving; 1762
Untitled [Studies of heads]; engraving; 1781/05/14

Box 2 contents [Oversize prints]:
The bench; etching and engraving; 1758/09/04
Credulity, superstition, and fanaticism. A medley. [Copy 1]; etching and engraving; 1762/03/15
Credulity, superstition, and fanaticism. A medley. [Copy 2]; etching and engraving; 1762/03/15
Credulity, superstition, and fanaticism. A medley. [Copy 3]; etching and engraving; 1762/03/15
The enraged musician; etching and engraving; 1741/11/30
Enthusiasm delineated; etching; ca. 1761
Four prints of an election [Plate I: An election entertainment]; etching and engraving; 1755/02/24
Four prints of an election [Plate II: Canvassing for votes]; etching and engraving; 1757/02/20
Four prints of an election [Plate III: The polling]; etching and engraving; 1758/02/20
Four prints of an election [Plate IV: Chairing the member]; etching and engraving; 1758/01/01
The invasion [Plate 1, copy 1: France]; etching; ca. 1756
The invasion [Plate 1, copy 2: France]; etching and engraving; 1756/03/08
The invasion [Plate 2, copy 1: England]; etching; 1756/03/08
The invasion [Plate 2, copy 2: England]; etching; 1756/03/08
A midnight modern conversation [2nd state]; etching; n.d.
A midnight modern conversation [3rd state; etching; n.d.
A midnight modern conversation [Smaller, hand-colored copy]; etching; n.d.
Paul before Felix [View 1]; etching; 1751/05/01
Paul before Felix [View 2]; etching; 1752/02/05
Paul before Felix [View 3]; etching; n.d.
Simon Lord Lovat [Copy 1]; etching; 1746/08/25
Simon Lord Lovat [Copy 2]; etching; 1746/08/25
Tail-piece; engraving; 1781/11/27

Drawer 1 contents [Full and half folio prints housed in folders]:
The Bathos; engraving; 1764/03/03
The bruiser; etching and engraving; 1763/08/01
The cockpit; etching and engraving; 1759/11/05
Country inn yard at election time, or The stage coach; engraving; 1747
The distrest poet; etching and engraving; 1740
The four stages of cruelty [Plate I: First stage of cruelty]; etching and engraving; 1751/02/01
The four stages of cruelty [Plate II: Second stage of cruelty]; etching and engraving; 1751/02/01
The four stages of cruelty [Plate III: Cruelty in perfection]; etching and engraving; 1751/02/01
The four stages of cruelty [Plate IV: The reward of cruelty]; etching and engraving; 1751/02/01
The four times of day [Evening, copy 1]; engraving; 1738/03/25
The four times of day [Evening, copy 2]; engraving; 1738/03/25
The four times of day [Morning, copy 1]; engraving; 1738/03/25
The four times of day [Morning, copy 2]; engraving; 1738/03/25
The four times of day [Night, copy 1]; engraving; 1738/03/25
The four times of day [Night, copy 2]; engraving; 1738/03/25
The four times of day [Noon, copy 1]; engraving; 1738/03/25
The four times of day [Noon, copy 2]; engraving; 1738/03/25
Gin Lane; engraving; 1751/02/01
A harlot's progress [Plate 1]; etching and engraving; 1732
A harlot's progress [Plate 2]; etching and engraving; 1732
A harlot's progress [Plate 3]; etching and engraving; 1732
A harlot's progress [Plate 4]; etching and engraving; 1732
A harlot's progress [Plate 5]; etching and engraving; 1732
A harlot's progress [Plate 6]; etching and engraving; 1732
Marriage a-la-mode [Plate I]; engraving; 1745/04/01
Marriage a-la-mode [Plate II]; engraving; 1745/04/01
Marriage a-la-mode [Plate III]; engraving; 1745/04/01
Marriage a-la-mode [Plate IV]; engraving; 1745/04/01
Marriage a-la-mode [Plate V]; engraving; 1745/04/01
Marriage a-la-mode [Plate VI]; engraving; 1745/04/01
O' the roast beef of Old England, &c. [Broadside]; etching and engraving; 1749
O' the roast beef of Old England, &c. [Copy 1]; etching and engraving; 1749/03/06
O' the roast beef of Old England, &c. [Copy 2]; etching and engraving; 1749/03/06
A rake's progress [Plate 1]; etching and engraving; 1735/06/25
A rake's progress [Plate 2]; etching and engraving; 1735/06/25
A rake's progress [Plate 3]; etching and engraving; 1735/06/25
A rake's progress [Plate 4]; etching and engraving; 1735/06/25
A rake's progress [Plate 5]; etching and engraving; 1735/06/25
A rake's progress [Plate 6]; etching and engraving; 1735/06/25
A rake's progress [Plate 7]; etching and engraving; 1735/06/25
A rake's progress [Plate 8]; etching and engraving; 1735/06/25
A representation of the march of the guards towards Scotland, 1745; engraving; 1750
Strolling actresses dressing in a barn [Copy 1]; engraving; 1738/03/25
Strolling actresses dressing in a barn [Copy 2]; engraving; 1738/03/25

Drawer 2 contents [Full and half folio prints housed in mats]:
Beer Street; engraving; 1751/02/01
Before and after. After.; etching and engraving; 1736/12/15
Before and after. Before.; etching and engraving; 1736/12/15
Industry and idleness [Plate 1: The fellow 'prentices at their looms]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 2: The industrious 'prentice performing the duty of a Christian]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 3: The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard, during divine service]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 4: The industrious 'prentice a favourite, and entrusted by his master]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 5: The idle 'prentice turn'd away, and sent to sea]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 6: The industrious 'prentice out of his time and married to his master's daughter]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 7: The idle 'prentice return'd from sea & in a garret with a common prostitute]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 8: The industrious 'prentice grown rich, & sheriff of London]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 9: The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore, & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and Idleness [Plate 10: The industrious 'prentice alderman of London, the idle one brought before him & impeach'd by his accomplice]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 11: The idle 'Prentice executed at Tyburn]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 12, copy 1: The industrious 'prentice Lord Mayor of London]; engraving; 1747/09/30
Industry and idleness [Plate 12, copy 2: The industrious 'prentice Lord Mayor of London]; engraving (hand-colored); n.d.
Southwark Fair; engraving; 1733
William Hogarth 1764; etching and engraving; 1764



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