[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 1
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Lewis Walpole Library > [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 1
Description
- Title
- [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 1
- Alternative Title
- O vanity of age, untoward, ever spleeny, ever, froward!
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [25 June 1735]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
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"The Jacobean interior of the house of Tom Rakewell's late father (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum) with Tom being measured for a suit as he gives a handful of coins to the pregnant Sarah Young; behind him sits a lawyer compiling inventories whilst stealing from the coins on the desk; on the floor are boxes of miscellaneous goods, piles of mortgages, indentures, bond certificates and other documents; an old woman brings faggots to light a fire and an upholsterer attaching fabric (purchased from William Tothall of Covent Garden) to the wall reveals a hiding place for coins which tumble out"--British Museum catalogue online
- Description
-
Title, imprint, and state from Paulson.
Added title from first line of text.
"Plate 1."--Lower right corner, below imprint.
Caption in five columns, below image: "O Vanity of age, untoward, Ever spleeny, ever, froward![sic] Why those bolts, & massy chains, Squint suspicious jealous pains? ..."
Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to image. Caption and imprint mounted separately below image. - Provenance
- Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.7 x 40.8 cm, on sheet 37.9 x 431 cm
- Edition
- [State 1].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Sotheby 8+ Box 200
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Engravings England London 1735
Etchings England London 1735 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Avarice
Cats
Corruption
Ethics
Interiors
Miserliness
Mothers
Pregnant women
Rake's progress
Servants
Tailors
Young adults - Subjects
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Avarice
Cats
Corruption
Ethics
Interiors
Miserliness
Mothers
Pregnant women
Rake's progress
Servants
Tailors
Young adults
England > London > 1735
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11307027
- Object ID (OID)
- 16030523