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William Hogarth

A Rake’s Progress (plate 4)

1735

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T01791 [from] A Rake's Progress 1735 [T01789-T01794;incomplete] Historic and Modern

Six plates from a series of eight, etching and engraving, various sizes British Art: Metropolis:
Transferred from the reference collection 1973
1720–1760
PROVENANCE Unknown

A RT I ST William Hogarth 1697–

The eight paintings for the series are now in Sir John Soane's Museum. They were
1764
Hogarth's second series of ‘modern moral subjects’ and were painted soon after
the publication of ‘A Harlot's Progress’ in 1732. The subscription for the prints M E D I UM Etching and engraving on
after them began in late 1733, but Hogarth delayed publication until 25 June paper
1735, the day the Engravers' Copyright Act became law. Even so, pirated copies
had already appeared by that time. The set cost two guineas, but Hogarth had also DIMENSIONS Image: 318 × 387 mm
a smaller and cheaper set, copied by Thomas Bakewell and costing 2s 6d,
published soon after. The original copperplates were sold by Quaritch in 1921 and CO L L EC T I O N Tate
are now in a private collection. Louis Gérard Scotin (1690-after 1755) is thought to
ACQ U I S I T I O N Transferred from the
have assisted Hogarth with the engravings.
reference collection 1973

T01791 A Rake's Progress (Plate 4) 1735 REFERENCE T01791

Etching and engraving 318×387 (12 1/2×15 1/4) on paper 464×622 (18 1/4×24
1/2); plate-mark 362×411 (14 1/4×16 1/4)
Writing-engraving ‘Invented Painted & Engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth & Publish'd June y'.
25.1735. According to Act of Parliament|Plate.4.’ and twelve-line verse caption
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LITERATURE
Paulson 1970, I, pp.165–6, no.135, II, pls.143–4, 246–7

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