[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]
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Description
- Title
- [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]
- Alternative Title
- Madness, thou chaos of [the] brain, what art?
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [25 June 1735]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
-
A scene in Bedlam with Tom half-naked and in a state of distress attended by Sarah Young, a clergyman, and a warder; in the background, an inmate who believes himself to be God has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall. Two elegantly dressed female visitors whisper together, the one holding a fan against her face to shield from her view an inmate in a cell who believes he is King and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on his straw bed. The wall and the banister of a staircase to the right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude
- Description
-
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson.
State 1: etched state proof before letters.
Eighth scene in A rake's progress. See Paulson.
After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil above print: Sold at Gulston Auction for £5-7-6. In pencil on lower margin of print: aquafortis print.
Print is lined, multiple losses to margins with some repairs.
On page 76 in volume 1. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 34.3 x 41 cm
- Edition
- [State 1].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1735
Engravings England London 1735
Etchings England London 1735 - Material
- etching ;
- Subject (Topic)
-
Asylums
Mental institutions
Mentally ill persons
Rake's progress - Subjects
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Asylums
Mental institutions
Mentally ill persons
Rake's progress
England > 1735
England > London > 1735
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > 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
- 12626614
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193942