[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]

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: [1763]
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, other inmates (including one who believes himself to be God and 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 to his straw bed. The wall and the banister of a staircase to right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude and an image of the reverse of a coin, lettered "Britannia/1763", and the name of a well-known prostitute, Betty Careless
Description: Title, state and imprint from Paulson.
Added title from first lines of verse etched below image.
Eighth scene in A rake's progress. See Paulson.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.4 x 40.7 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm.
Plate 15 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction. Purchased by W.S. Lewis at Sotheby's, Miss M.A.E. Crofton sale, lot 341; 15 November 1960.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 347 x 392 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Plate 15. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764]