Sigismunda, William Hogarth, 1764

Copy of the princess leaning forward and to the left, resting her elbow on a casket on top of an ornate table, and her chin on her hand, weeping, pressing to her breast the heart of her lover guiscardo, which his murderers have sent to her in a goblet; after hogarth; print study for basire. 1764 black chalk, touched with white, with grey wash. Date: 1764. Dimensions: Height: 398 mm; Width: 398 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sigismunda. Collection: British Museum. Sigismunda (BM 1910,1013.16)