Diogenes in Search of an Honest Man (Primary Title)

William Sharp, English, 1749 - 1824 (Artist)

1792
English
Works On Paper
Prints
engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet: 20 3/8 × 15 5/16 in. (51.75 × 38.89 cm)
Plate: 19 3/4 × 15 in. (50.17 × 38.1 cm)
Image: 16 7/8 × 13 3/8 in. (42.86 × 33.97 cm)
45.19.3
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Salvator Rosa pinx.t. Printed beneath image in center: Published April 18, 1972, by Wm Sharp London. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Edw.d Knight Esq.r. Printed beneath image lower right: William Sharp, sculpt. Printed in lower margin: Diogenes,/ In search of an Honest Man./ Sold by John Murray Fleet Street. B.B. Evans Poultry. Molteno & Co. Pall Mall. W. Skelton Hay Market.
Gift of Miss Gabriella Page
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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