WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764)
Hogarth's trade card
dated 23 Apr 1720RCIN 811305
Made by the young engraver to advertise his new business, Hogarth’s trade card also acted as a means of demonstrating his talent. It shows his ability to engrave different scripts, to delineate figures and to furnish a variety of decorative devices. The putti in the upper border hold a print and a covered cup, examples of Hogarth’s work as a printmaker and an engraver of metalwork.
In the Royal Collection by 1845
Cat. 74