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Description: | Black and white engraving of Simon Lord Lovat, seated at a desk. On the desk are an empty book of memoirs. Drawn from life and etched in aquafortis by William Hogarth and published according to the Act of Parliament August 28th 1746.
"Lovat (1676-1747), a graduate of King's College was executed in London in April 1747 for his part in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. After capture at Loch Morar he was taken by litter to London. Hogarth met Lovat at an inn at St Albans as the latter neared the end of this journey. This engraving is based on a sketch portrait made by Hogarth on that occasion. As a print it was hugely popular, reputedly selling more quickly than it could be printed. See Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, Vol.III, F.G. Stephens, London 1877, item no. 2801."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541 | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1746-1746 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Hogarth, William | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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