A loose plagiary (reversed) after Hogarth's plate 7 in the Rake's Progress series; 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 old wife brandishing her fists beside a weeping Sarah Young, other prisoners in the background
Description:
Title from text above image., Below image, four columns each with six lines of verse: "The compter next our spark receivces ... describes his exit on the wall.", See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2226-2245., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 138., and Mounted to: 360 x 423 mm.
A loose plagiary (reversed) after Hogarth's first plate in the Rake's Progress series; the 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 bag of coins to the pregnant Sarah Young; to the right a table with the papers related to the estate and coins; on the floor are boxes of miscellaneous goods; an upholsterer attaching fabric to the wall reveals a hiding place for coins which tumble out
Description:
Title from verses below image. Verses (in four columns, each with six lines) continue: " ... And thou hast left graceless son to wast thy fund of ill got stores .... plate, gloves and hoarded cash descend.", See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2259-2272., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 132., and Mounted to 358 x 435 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Corruption, Interiors, Miserliness, Mothers, Pregnant women, Rake's progress, Servants, Tailors, and Young adults
"Piracy of plate IV of Hogarth's Rake's Progress with considerable differences: a scene in St James's Street with the Rake (here named Ramble) emerging from a sedan-chair to be arrested for debt; figures in the foreground include a Welshman, probably the creditor, honouring St David's day (March 1st) with a leek in his hat, "Nanny" offering a handful of money to reprieve her former lover, and a lamp-lighter carelessly spilling oil on the Rake's coat; in the distance to left, a group of street-boys point to "Taffy", a mannikin, perched on a lamp-post, and beyond the gate of St James's Palace."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and publisher from the Wellcome Collection online catalogue, Wellcome Library no. 38342i., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four columns of verse beneath title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Cf. Paulson, R, Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., and Window mounted to 29 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
John Bowles
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James Westminster, London, England : Parish),
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Debt, Ethnic stereotypes, Lampposts, Law enforcement, Puppets, Rake's progress, Sedan chairs, and Street lights
"Plate from a pirated series of Hogarth's Rake's Progress, not based on one of the original prints: Covent Garden with St Paul's church and the buildings at the north-western corner of the piazza; the Rake (here called Ramble) and drunken friends are accosting women passers-by and the watch has arrived to set about them with staves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and publisher from the Wellcome Collection online catalogue, Wellcome Library no. 38341i., Date of publication from Paulson and the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four columns of verse beneath title: Young Ramble, without witt or dread, Does non a drunken party head ... Uplifted staves, drawn swords oppose, And stabs are well repaid with blows., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., and Window mounted to 29 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
John Bowles
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Intoxication, Rake's progress, Watchmen, and Women
A loose plagiary (reversed) after Hogarth's eighth plate in the Rake's Progress series: A scene in Bedlam with Tom half-naked and in a state of distress restrained by attendants; two women revive a fainting Sarah Young (right). Tom's old wife looks at herself in a hand mirror (left). The wall to the right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude
Alternative Title:
Soon hurried thro' a course of vice ...
Description:
Title from original as cited by Paulson. Added titel from first line of verse etched below image. Verses (in four columns six lines each) continue: " ... with sots & panders, whores & dice, his mind by jarring passions tost ... with superstitions fears sit quaking, or combat devils of their own making.", Eighth scene in A rake's progress. See Paulson., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2257., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 139., and Mounted to: 353 x 435 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Asylums, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, Parables, and Rake's progress
