[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 1]

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;
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 35.6 x 40.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm.
Plate 8 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction. Purchased by W.S. Lewis at Sotheby's, Miss M.A.E. Crofton sale, lot 341; 15 November 1960.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35.2 x 39.8 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 4].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (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]