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William Hogarth

Plate 4, 1735

Description

Maker

Title

Plate 4

Year

1735

Medium

Etching and engraving on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 35.6 x 41 cm (14 x 16 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:In pencil inscribed, LR:IIVerso:in pencil inscribed, LL:9.10.52 A-7/Colnaghi ; inscribed, center of right half of sheet:2nd State[underlined]. with the flash of lightning/+ with a group of boys replacing/a boy previously seen stealing the Rake's cane./Various additional shadings in many places - e.g./The Rake's left shoulder, + head + the brocade/on his left sleeve have been darkened with \\ lines.In Plate--Numbered LR:Plate 4. ; inscribed, LC:InventedPainted &Engrav'dby W.m Hogarth & Publish'd June y.e 25. 1735.According to Act of Parliament.; inscribed in bottom margin:O Vanity of Youthful Blood,/So by Misuse to poison Good!/Reason awakes, & views unbar'd/The sacred Gates he watch'd to guard; |Approaching views the Harpy Law,/And Poverty with icy paw|Ready to seize the poor Remains/That Vice hath left of all his Gains.|Cold Penitence, lame After Thought,/With Fears, Despair, & horrors fraught, |Call

Identification

State

iii/iii

Type

Credit

Purchased and Presented by George P. Metcalf

Object Number

52.228.4

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Exhibition History

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