He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden [graphic].

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Title: He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden [graphic].
Creator: Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker
Contributor: Bowles, John, 1701-1779, publisher.
Published / Created: [1735]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: John Bowles
Abstract: "Plate from a pirated series of Hogarth's Rake's Progress, not based on one of the original prints: Covent Garden with St Paul's church and the buildings at the north-western corner of the piazza; the Rake (here called Ramble) and drunken friends are accosting women passers-by and the watch has arrived to set about them with staves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Printmaker and publisher from the Wellcome Collection online catalogue, Wellcome Library no. 38341i.
Date of publication from Paulson and the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Four columns of verse beneath title: Young Ramble, without witt or dread, Does non a drunken party head ... Uplifted staves, drawn swords oppose, And stabs are well repaid with blows.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90.
Window mounted to 29 x 43 cm.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; January 2021.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.4 x 31.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English