Confined in the Fleet Prison. [graphic]. Plate 7

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Title: Confined in the Fleet Prison. [graphic]. Plate 7
Alternative Title: [Rake's progress]. Plate 7
His Hours of Joy are fled with raipd speed, ...
Contributor: 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: "Copy of a room in the Fleet Prison; Tom sits at a table, to left, on which is a rejection letter from John Rich to whom he has submitted a play; his wife clenches her fists, the gaoler asks for garnish money and a boy asks payment for a tankard of ale; to left, Sarah Young has fainted and is being administered smelling salts by one woman while another slaps her hand, her child clings to her skirt; she is supported by an older man with a beard who has dropped a sheet containing a scheme for paying the national debt (a reference to such a scheme put forward by Hogarth's father); in the background an alchemist works at a forge; with decorative border on either side; after Hogarth.--From another edition, British Museum online catalogue
Description: Added title from Paulson.
"Plate 7."--Lower right below design.
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.
See: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 138.
Matted to: 34 x 46 cm.
Provenance: The Old Print Shop; April 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.5 x 32 cm, on sheet 30.3 x 40 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English