Mad in Bedlam. [graphic]. Plate 8

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Title: Mad in Bedlam. [graphic]. Plate 8
Alternative Title: [Rake's progress]. Plate 8
His Fortune ruin'd, Frenzy wrecks his Mind, ...
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 (reversed) of the first state of Plate 8 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 139), after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.: A scene in Bedlam with Tom half-naked and in a state of distress attended by Sarah Young, a clergyman, and a warder; in the background, an inmate who believes himself to be God has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall. Two elegantly dressed female visitors whisper together, the one holding a fan against her face to shield from her view an inmate in a cell who believes he is King and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on his straw bed. The wall and the banister of a staircase to the right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude. Variant and related titles:Title in Paulson: Rake's progress. Plate 8
Description: Added title from Paulson.
"Plate 7."--Lower right below design.
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.
See: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 138.
Matted to: 34 x 46 cm.
Provenance: The Old Print Shop; April 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.4 x 31 cm, on sheet 31.3 x 40 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English