"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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress. Plate 7
Description:
Title from text engraved above image., Verses, attributed to John Hoadly, below image in three columns, four lines each: His hours of joy are fled with rapid speed, And scenes of anguish in a jail succeed ... Can his person from restraint enlarge., The seventh of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., and "Plate 7."--Lower right below design.
Publisher:
Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell
Copy (reversed) of the first state of Plate 7 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 138): A room in the Fleet Prison (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum); Tom sits at a table, to right, 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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress. Plate 7 and His hours of joy are fled with rapid speed
Description:
Title from text engraved above image., "Plate 7"--Lower right below design., Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: His hours of joy are fled with rapid speed, ..., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm)., A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the seventh of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735., and Ornamental borders partially obscure image and text on right.
Publisher:
Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Fleet Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Children, Debt, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, and Unmarried mothers
Caption title, on either side of woodcut showing a naked woman holding the hand of a child, also naked., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: The diversions of this meeting is expected to be very splendid; and, for the better information of the votaries at the shrine of Venus ..., Five lines of verse on either side of woodcut: [The] sportsmen who are free and willing, To feel, you're welcome for a shilling ... This is what we call a trade., A broadside advertising the services and skills of woman and brothels, with some prices., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., and London.
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitution, Children, and Unmarried mothers
Plate 14. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 14. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A room in the Fleet Prison (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum); Tom sits at a table, to right, 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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Happy the man whose constant thought (tho' in the school of hardship taught,) can send remembrance back to fetch and A rake's progress
Description:
State 4 with added crosshatching: the wings on top of the bedstead, Sarah's dress, the ribbon on the cap of the woman slapping Sarah's hand, Rakewell's right shoe and sleeve, his old wife's shoulder, the lower part of the warder's coat, the bundle in the lower right corner, and the whole of the floor ... See Paulson for fuller description., Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 7"--Bottom left., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.1 x 40.7 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 14 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Children, Debt, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, and Unmarried mothers
Plate 14. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 14. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A room in the Fleet Prison (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum); Tom sits at a table, to right, 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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Happy the man whose constant thought (tho' in the school of hardship taught,) can send remembrance back to fetch and A rake's progress
Description:
State 4 with added crosshatching: the wings on top of the bedstead, Sarah's dress, the ribbon on the cap of the woman slapping Sarah's hand, Rakewell's right shoe and sleeve, his old wife's shoulder, the lower part of the warder's coat, the bundle in the lower right corner, and the whole of the floor ... See Paulson for fuller description., Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 7"--Bottom left., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.2 x 40.6 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 14 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Children, Debt, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, and Unmarried mothers
Plate 14. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 14. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A room in the Fleet Prison (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum); Tom sits at a table, to right, 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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Happy the man whose constant thought (tho' in the school of hardship taught,) can send remembrance back to fetch and A rake's progress
Description:
State 4 with added crosshatching: the wings on top of the bedstead, Sarah's dress, the ribbon on the cap of the woman slapping Sarah's hand, Rakewell's right shoe and sleeve, his old wife's shoulder, the lower part of the warder's coat, the bundle in the lower right corner, and the whole of the floor ... See Paulson for fuller description., Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 7"--Bottom left., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 75 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Children, Debt, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, and Unmarried mothers
"A room in the Fleet Prison (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum); Tom sits at a table, to right, 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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Happy the man whose constant thought (tho' in the school of hardship taught,) can send remembrance back to fetch and A rake's progress
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Plate 7"--Added at the bottom left., Added title from first lines of verses below image., and Sheet torn at lower right edge with loss of some text and date in imprint.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Children, Debt, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, and Unmarried mothers
"A room in the Fleet Prison (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum); Tom sits at a table, to right, 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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Happy the man whose constant thought (tho' in the school of hardship taught,) can send remembrance back to fetch and A rake's progress
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Plate 7"--Added at the bottom left., Added title from first lines of verses below image., and On page 75 in volume 1. Trimmed within plate 346 x 394 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Children, Debt, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, and Unmarried mothers
"A room in the Fleet Prison (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum); Tom sits at a table, to right, 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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Happy the man whose constant thought (tho' in the school of hardship taught,) can send remembrance back to fetch and A rake's progress
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Plate 7"--Added at the bottom left., and Added title from first lines of verses below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Children, Debt, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, and Unmarried mothers
"A room in the Fleet Prison (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum); Tom sits at a table, to right, 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."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Happy the man whose constant thought (tho' in the school of hardship taught,) can send remembrance back to fetch and A rake's progress
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Plate 7"--Added at the bottom left., Added title from first lines of verses below image., and On page 76 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 34.3 x 39 cm; with loss to upper right corner, repaired.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Children, Debt, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, and Unmarried mothers
