The Levee of Countess Squanderfield

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G1832
People: Louis Gérard Scotin, French (1690 - after 1745)
Engraving commissioned from Simon François Ravenet, the Elder, French (1706 - 1774)
Designed by William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London)
Title: The Levee of Countess Squanderfield
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Marriage à la Mode
Alternate Title: Marriage à la Mode, Plate 4.
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1745
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/238120

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: plate: 38.8 x 46.8 cm (15 1/4 x 18 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii/iii
Standard Reference Number: P. 231, BM Sat. 2731

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G1832
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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