Ruin'd at a gaming table. [graphic]. Plate 6

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Title: Ruin'd at a gaming table. [graphic]. Plate 6
Alternative Title: Ruined at a gaming table
[Rake's progress]. Plate 6
If Mortals Peace of Mind be worth your Care, ...
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 interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker"; after Hogarth
Description: Added title from Paulson.
Plate number below image, lower right.
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.
Matted to: 34 x 46 cm.
Provenance: The Old Print Shop; April 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.2 x 32 cm, on sheet 30.8 x 40 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English