Gamblers with expressions of anxiety and despair sit or stand around an octagon-shaped table. One man slumps in his chair, asleep and with his purse empty. One man resembles Captain Topham; others may be caricatures as well. In the center of the table is a circular roulette mechanism with the letters E and O for even and odd
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist attribution from British Museum catalogue., Reissue of an earlier state dated 1781, with a different title. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no. 5928., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 21.3 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 22.3 x 26.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 33 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Gamblers with expressions of anxiety and despair sit or stand around an octagon-shaped table. One man slumps in his chair, asleep and with his purse empty. One man resembles Captain Topham; others may be caricatures as well. In the center of the table is a circular roulette mechanism with the letters E and O for even and odd
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist attribution from British Museum catalogue., Reissue of an earlier state dated 1781, with a different title. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no. 5928., and Partially trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Copy (not reversed) of the first state of Plate 6th of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 137): 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 collar "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Ruined at a gaming table, Rake's progress. Plate 6, and If mortal peace of mind be worth your care ...
Description:
Title from text engraved above image., "Plate 6"--Lower right below design., Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: If mortal peace of mind be worth your care ..., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm)., A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the sixth of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735., and Ornamental borders partially obscure image on left and text on right.
Publisher:
Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
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
Alternative Title:
Ruined at a gaming table, [Rake's progress]. Plate 6, and If Mortals Peace of Mind be worth your Care, ...
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., and Matted to: 34 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
"A well-dressed man with a high-crowned hat and cloak leans on a table on which are dice, a pack of cards and piles of coins or counters; a carved serpent with a woman's head is entwined around the table leg."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Plate numbered "18" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. accor. to act, March 16th, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Gamblers, and Playing cards
Leaf 70. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A well-dressed man with a high-crowned hat and cloak leans on a table on which are dice, a pack of cards and piles of coins or counters; a carved serpent with a woman's head is entwined around the table leg."-British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "18" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4697 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Braided queue wig -- Figure with serpent's tail and woman's head and bust around leg of table -- Dice, dice box -- Greatcoasts reversed for luck., and Third of three plates on leaf 70.
Publisher:
Pubd. accor. to act, March 16th, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, Hats, Gamblers, Playing cards, Gambling, and Tables
Leaf 67. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A whole length standing figure, full-face, of a man dressed in the height of fashion. He stamps with rage, his right leg being raised high; his right arm is also raised, his fist clenched. His face (adorned with two patches) is distorted with anger. His hair is curled. He wears a small hat, a fringed cravat, a sprigged and laced waistcoat, sprigged stockings with clocks. A cane hangs from his left wrist and he wears a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "9" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Little cocked hat -- Macaronies -- Hilt of sword -- Canes -- Large club wig, ringlets in disorder -- Unlucky gambler? -- Male costume: Stockings sprigged with clocks., and Third of three plates on leaf 67.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act Feby. 5, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
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 ...
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., and After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London
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 ...
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and Imperfect impression sheet trimmed to image: 325 x 400 mm. Engraved text mounted separately below: sheet 25 x 400 mm.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London
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 ...
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and On page 74 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed 35 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London
