[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 6

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Title: [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 6
Alternative Title: Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, sourse of universal intercourse ...
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [25 June 1735]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London
Abstract: Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a color "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Description: Title, state, and imprint from Paulson.
Added title from first lines of verses below image.
"Plate 6"--Lower right corner.
After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.
1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.6 x 40.9 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm.
Leaf 13 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Provenance: Gift of Richard Greenberg; May 2015.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 356 x 407 mm, on sheet 378 x 431 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English