Is arrested going to court. [graphic]. Plate 4
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Description
- Title
- Is arrested going to court. [graphic]. Plate 4
- Alternative Title
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[Rake's progress]. Plate 4
Tho' prest with Debts, [the] Beau maintain's his state, ... - Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher. - Published / Created
- [between 1785 and 1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
- Abstract
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"Copy in reverse of the first state of Plate 4 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 135): In this scene two baliffs, one with an arrest notice in his hand, have stopped Tom Rakewell's sedan chair in St. James's Street; Tom is presumably on his way to White's gaming house which can be seen in the background. They are foiled in their attempt to arrest Tom for debt as Sarah Young, the young woman whom he had seduced and abandoned, offers the bailiffs her purse instead. Sarah is now a dealer in millinery as is suggested by the notions falling from her purse. In the right foreground a shoe-black apparently taking advantage of the situation to take hold of Tom's elegant walking stick. Above them a careless lamplighter spills some oil on Tom's head. To the left a Welshman, probably the creditor, honouring St David's day (March 1st) with a leek in his hat, accompanied by his manicured dog, simply watches the scene. In the distance is the gate of St James's Palace with a crowd of sedan-chairs approaching to celebrate the birthday of Queen Caroline."--British Museum online catalogue, from an earlier issue
- Description
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Title from Paulson.
Plate number below image, lower right.
Date range for publication based on form of publisher's name in imprint. "Robt. Sayer & Co." is found on prints published during Robert Sayer's final business period (1785-1794), following the Sayer & Bennett partnership (1774-1784) and preceding his death in 1794. See British Museum online catalogue.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no. 2203
Matted to: 34 x 46 cm. - Provenance
- The Old Print Shop; April 2025.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 26.4 x 32 cm, on sheet 29.6 x 40 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Hogarth 785.00.00.123+ Box 210
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1735
Etchings England London 1785 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Interiors
Bailiffs
Dogs
Children
Lamps
Lust
Seduction
Sedan chairs
Seamstresses
Street vendors
Young adults
Ethics
Rake's progress
Traffic congestion - Subjects
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Interiors
Bailiffs
Dogs
Children
Lamps
Lust
Seduction
Sedan chairs
Seamstresses
Street vendors
Young adults
Ethics
Rake's progress
Traffic congestion
England > 1735
England > London > 1785
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 17680168
- Object ID (OID)
- 33332045
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