Farewell Old Gripe! they work is done ... [graphic].

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Title: Farewell Old Gripe! they work is done ... [graphic].
Published / Created: [not before 1735]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A loose plagiary (reversed) after Hogarth's first plate in the Rake's Progress series; the 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 bag of coins to the pregnant Sarah Young; to the right a table with the papers related to the estate and coins; on the floor are boxes of miscellaneous goods; an upholsterer attaching fabric to the wall reveals a hiding place for coins which tumble out
Description: Title from verses below image. Verses (in four columns, each with six lines) continue: " ... And thou hast left graceless son to wast thy fund of ill got stores .... plate, gloves and hoarded cash descend."
See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2259-2272.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 132.
Mounted to 358 x 435 mm.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i, p. 71; 1960.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 326 x 376 mm
Language: English

Genre: Parodies, imitations, etc
Satires (Visual works) England 1735
Engravings England London 1735
Etchings England London 1735
Material: engraving & etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic): Avarice
Corruption
Interiors
Miserliness
Mothers
Pregnant women
Rake's progress
Servants
Tailors
Young adults
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Parodies, imitations, etc
Avarice
Corruption
Interiors
Miserliness
Mothers
Pregnant women
Rake's progress
Servants
Tailors
Young adults
England > 1735
England > London > 1735

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