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William Hogarth

Plate 1

Maker

William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764)

Title

Plate 1
from the series "A Rake's Progress"

Year

1735

Medium

Etching and engraving on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Etching and engraving on paper

Materials

etching, engraving

Supports

Heavy weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 35.6 x 40.8 cm (14 x 16 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:In pencil inscribed, LR:IIIVerso:in pencil inscribed, center of right half of sheet:3rd State with the Bible at left/The tailor's bill has been removed from the roll of cloth. ; inscribed, LL:9.20.52 A-9/ColnaghiIn Plate--Inscribed, LR:Invented Painted & Engrav'd by W.m Hogarth, &/Publish'dJune y.e 25 1735.According to Act of Parliament.Plate.1. ; inscribed, bottom margin:O Vanity of Age, untoward,/Ever spleeny, ever froward!/Why those Bolts, & Massy Chains,/Squint suspicious, jealous Pains?|Why, thy toilsom Journey o'er,/Lay'st thou in an useless store?/Hope along with Time is flown,/Nor canst thou reap y.e Field thou'st sown.|Hast thou a Son?In Tie be wise-/He views thy Toil with other Eyes-/needs must thy Kind, paternal Care, Lock'd in thy Chests, be buried there:|Whence then shall flow y.t friendly Ease,/That social Converse, homefelt peace,/Familiar duty without Dread,/Instruction from Example bre

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle.

Identification

State

iii/iii

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Purchased and Presented by George P. Metcalf

Object Number

52.228.1

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

Caricatura and Character

Satire in Italy and Britain in the 18th Century

Apr 11, 2003 – Jun 29, 2003

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Tombstone

William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764)

Plate 1; from the series "A Rake's Progress", 1735

Etching and engraving on paper

Plate: 35.6 x 40.8 cm (14 x 16 1/16 inches)

Purchased and Presented by George P. Metcalf 52.228.1

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