He marries a rich old widow [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- He marries a rich old widow [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Rake's progress. Plate 5
Youth to reimburse his squander'd gold - Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Parker, Henry, 1725-1809, publisher.
Bakewell, Thomas, -1749, publisher.
Hogarth, Jane, 1711?-1789. - 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 5 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 136): Tom and a wealthy old woman are being married in the dilapidated church of St. Marylebone. The bride has only one eye and growths on her forehead; the IHS on the wall behind her serve as a mock halo. In contrast the old woman is attended by a beautiful young woman who has already caught Tom's eye. In the background on the left, the elderly pew opener pushes Sarah Young, carrying Tom's child in her arms, and Sarah's mother; she shakes her keys in their faces to prevent them from entering the church to stop the marriage. Two dogs in the lower left of the image mirror the courtship of Tom and his bride; the courted dog has only one eye. The clergyman is assisted at the altar by a clerk, and a charity-boy kneels at the bride's feet offering a hassock. The Poor Box on the left is covered with a cobweb; there is a crack down the center of the slab with the Commandments on the wall behind the clergyman
- Description
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Title from text engraved above image.
"Plate 5"--Lower right below design.
Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: The youth to reimburse his squander'd gold, ...
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).
A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the fifth 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.
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 left and last word on the right. - Provenance
- Jarndyce; December 2019.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm and plate mark 26.1 x 30.9 cm, on sheet 28 x 44.7 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Hogarth 768.03.25.05+ Box 210
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1768
Etchings England London 1768 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- St. Marylebone Church (Marylebone, London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
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Brides
Churches
Clergy
Dogs
Fighting
Grooms (Weddings)
Rake's progress
Weddings
Wedding attendants - Subjects
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St. Marylebone Church (Marylebone, London, England)
Brides
Churches
Clergy
Dogs
Fighting
Grooms (Weddings)
Rake's progress
Weddings
Wedding attendants
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
- Orbis Record
- 14842990
- Object ID (OID)
- 16873210