William Hogarth Painting The Comic Muse. Copper Engraving first published 1764. 6th and final state impression on wove paper. Presented in a late 18th.Century ebonised fruitwood frame with gilt slip. 38.5 by 43.5 cms image. 47 by 52 cms. Overall framed.
After the painting now in The National Portrait Gallery, depicting Hogarth painting the comic muse, which represented his artistic inspiration. A copy of his treatise on art "The Analysis of Beauty" rests against the easel.