[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 1]
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Description
- Title
- [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 1]
- Alternative Title
- O vanity of age, untoward, ever spleeny, ever froward ...
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [25 June 1735]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
-
The Jacobean interior of the house of Tom Rakewell's late father (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum) with Tom being measured for a suit as he gives a handful of coins to the pregnant Sarah Young; behind him sits a lawyer compiling inventories; on the floor are boxes of miscellaneous goods, piles of mortgages, indentures, bond certificates and other documents; an old woman brings faggots to light a fire and an upholsterer attaching fabric (purchased from William Tothall of Covent Garden as seen in 2nd state, but now removed) to the wall reveals a hiding place for coins which tumble out
- Description
-
Title, imprint, and state from Paulson.
Added title from first lines of caption. Cf. Paulson
Description based on imperfect impression;
Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil on page above the print: 2d impression.
On page 66 in volume 1. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 35.2 x 39.8 cm
- Edition
- [State 4].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Plate 8. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 8. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Collection/Other Creator
- Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
- Collection Date
- [England], [1732-1764] [England], [not after 1753]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Engravings England London 1735
Etchings England London 1735 - Material
- etching ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Cats
Debt
Interiors
Lawyers
Memorial rites & ceremonies
Miserliness
Mothers
Pregnant women
Puns (Visual works)
Rake's progress
Robberies
Servants
Tailors - Subjects
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Cats
Debt
Interiors
Lawyers
Memorial rites & ceremonies
Miserliness
Mothers
Pregnant women
Puns (Visual works)
Rake's progress
Robberies
Servants
Tailors
England > London > 1735
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9865344
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193925