Taste, or Burlington Gate, William Hogarth, 1732

Satire on alexander pope's "epistle to burlington" in which he praises lord burlington's architectural taste; the gate of burlington house, piccadilly, surmounted by statues of william kent, raphael and michelangelo, is being whitewashed by a plasterer (pope) standing on scaffolding. 1732 etching. Date: 1732. Dimensions: Height: 228 mm; Width: 166 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Alexander Pope. Collection: British Museum. Taste, or Burlington Gate (BM 1880,1113.2061)

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