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Author/Creator:Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
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Title:[An emerald vessel] [graphic] / Ios. Grisoni Florent del. ; W. Hogarth scup.
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Publication:[London] : [A. de La Mottraye], [February 1724]
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Physical Description:1 print : engraving ; plate mark 12.8 x 39.8cm, on sheet 13.2 x 40.7 cm
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Yale Holdings
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating)
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Call Number: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Status:No information available
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Notes:On page 13 in volume 1. Plate mark 12 x 39.1 cm, on sheet 14.7 x 40.5 cm.
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Provenance:George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
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Digital version of volume 1
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Digital version
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Call Number: Kinnaird 83K(e) Box 225
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Provenance:Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., Edinburgh; August 1940; £20 Kinnaird lot. With Kinnaird bookplate; disbound at Yale
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
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Digital version
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating)
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Medium:laid paper.
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Notes:Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson.
One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa.
Numbered "5" in upper left corner.
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Summary:An emerald carved in the shape of a dish, said to have been a present from the Queen of Sheba to Solomon, and/or used by Christ at the Last Supper (Travels, vol. I, page 60).
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Variant and related titles:Caption title: Vas mirabile ex integro Smaragdo, Genoae in sacrario ecclesiae cathedralis asservatum: prototypi accuratissima mensura ex Museo Iohannis Talman
- Format:Visual Material
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References:Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 28
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 19
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Subjects:La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743. Travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa--Illustrations.
Talman, John, 1677-1726--Art collections.
San Lorenzo (Cathedral : Genoa, Italy)--Art collections.
Chalices.
Lapidary work.
Drinking vessels.
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Subjects (Local Yale):Steevens, George, 1736-1800--Ownership.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958--Ownership.
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826--Ownership.
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Genre/Form:Book illustrations--England--London--1724.
Engravings--England--London--1724.
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Also listed under:Grisoni, Giuseppe, 1699-1769, artist.
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