Taking possession of his father's effects [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Taking possession of his father's effects [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Rake's progress. Plate 1
E'er in the grave the miser's corps is cold ... - Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Parker, Henry, 1725-1809, publisher.
Bakewell, Thomas, -1749, publisher. - Published / Created
- March 25, 1768.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
- Abstract
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Copy in reverse of the first state of Plate 1 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 132): the Jacobean interior of the house of Tom Rakewell's late father with Tom at left being measured for a suit as he gives a handful of coins to the pregnant Sarah Young; behind him sits a lawyer compiling inventories; 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 online catalogue
- Description
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Title from text engraved above image.
A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the first of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90.
The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm).
Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735.
Ornamental borders partially obscure image on the right. A small hole below last line in the first column of the verses below the image. - Provenance
- Jarndyce; December 2019.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm and plate mark 26.3 x 31 cm, on sheet 28.4 x 44.5 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Hogarth 768.03.25.01+ Box 210
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Puns (Visual works)
Satires (Visual works) England 1768
Etchings England London 1768 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Cats
Debt
Interiors
Lawyers
Memorial rites & ceremonies
Miserliness
Mothers
Pregnant women
Rake's progress
Robberies
Servants
Tailors - Subjects
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Cats
Debt
Interiors
Lawyers
Memorial rites & ceremonies
Miserliness
Mothers
Pregnant women
Rake's progress
Robberies
Servants
Tailors
England > 1768
England > London > 1768
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
- Catalog Record
- 14743885
- Object ID (OID)
- 16873206
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