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Title
[Notes on the Investigator].
Alternative Title
The investigator: Number CCCXXII. To be continued occasionally. London: printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, MDCCLV [1755]
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784.
Contributor
Clark, William Andrews, 1877-1934, former owner.
Ireland, John, d. 1808, former owner.
Date Created and/or Issued
1755
Contributing Institution
UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection
Early Modern Annotated Books from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information
Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Scope/Content: Manuscript notes in margins of printed volume.
Scope/Content: Bound volume containing two copies of Alan Ramsay's The investigator (no. CCCXXII, 1755) both with marginal notes written by William Hogarth. Notes reflect Hogarth's opinion of Ramsey's notion of beauty, which was at odds with his own views as written in his Analysis of Beauty. The second copy of The investigator included here appears to have been given by Hogarth to a colleague, though the recipient is unknown.
Condition: Bound in russia with blind and gilt tooling on covers and spine. Rebacked and housed in modern brown cloth case.
Type
text
Form/Genre
Marginalia (Provenance)--England--18th century.
Ownership inscriptions (Provenance)--England--18th century.
Extent
77, [3], 77 p., bound ; 23 cm.
Identifier
ark:/21198/n1qc7p
MS.1929.002
Language
eng
Subject
Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784. Investigator. 1755.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764--Library--Marginal notes.
Place
England--London.
Provenance
On title page to second copy of The investigator, probably by Hogarth: "written by A.R. Portrait Painter to his majesty" and "Delivered gratis by the Author of the Analysis of Beauty."
Facing title page of first copy of The investigator: "This and another copy of the same pamphlet was presented to me January 1799 by Mrs Lewis. [signed] J. Ireland."
Location
CLUW

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