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" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a color "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, sourse of universal intercourse ... and Scene in a gaming house
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Third state; changes have been made to the face of Lord Cog (on the far left), the shadow of Rakewell's wig lying on the floor has been extended to touch the detached queue, and a general darkening has been achieved though the addition of crosshatching in various places., Restrike of the third state of the plate, which was issued in The original works of William Hogarth (London : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790). It was later reissued, with some lines strengthened by the engraver James Heath, in The works of William Hogarth (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ..., 1822); another edition was published by Baldwin & Cradock in 1835. See Paulson., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Patients, Psychiatric -- Insanity.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London and publisher not identified
Title supplied by curator., 20th century restrike, original block on 16th century paper., Attributed to Calcar., Title page from: Andreas Vesalius, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Basel: Oporinus, 1543., From the Workshop of Titian., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and See: Cushing, Harvey. A Bio-Bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, New York: Schuman's, 1943. VI-A-1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564,
Subject (Topic):
Human anatomy, Human dissection, Medical education, Physicians, Dead persons, Audiences, Skeletons, Monkeys, and Dogs