The Bench: 727

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Bench

Maker(s)

Entities

Painting

Notes

History note: Sir George Hay (1715-1778); his executor, S. Edwards, by 1781; Edward Cheney of Badger Hall, Shropshire (1803-1884); descended by family inheritance to Francis Capel-Cure, of Badger Hall (1854-1933); his sale, Christie's, 6 May 1905 (85), bt. C. Fairfax Murray

Measurements and weight

Height: 18.2 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1911) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

Dating

1753 - 1754

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood) canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas, maroufle to panel

Inscription or legends present

Text: The principal Figure Lord Chief Justice Willes- on his left hand - Justice Bathurst, and the Honbl William Noel - on his right hand Sir Edward Clive - Hogarth's bench of Judges (this description must refer to the print, for which see D. Armstrong pp. 126, 214
Location: Verso, panel backing card
Method of creation: MS
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 84
The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1929) page(s): 101
Hogarth
Hogarth, his life, art and times
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 112-113

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 727
Primary reference Number: 3381
Wikidata: Q7716503
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 4 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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