Image

RISDM 52-228-5.tif RISDM 52-228-5.tif

William Hogarth

Plate 5,

Description

Maker

Title

Plate 5

Medium

etching, engraving

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:In pencil inscribed, LR:IVerso:in pencil, LR:2nd StateIn Plate--Numbered LR:Plate 5. ; inscribed, LC:InventedPainted & Engrav'd by W[m superscribed] Hogarth 7 Publish'd June y.e 25 1735.According to Act of Parliament._____ ; inscribed, bottom margin:New to y.e School of hard Mishap,/Driven from y.e Edge of Fortune's Lap,|What Shames will nature not embrace,/T'avoid less Shmae of lean Distress?|Gold can the Charms of youth bestow,/And mask Deformity with Shew; |Gold can avert y.e Sting of Shame,/In Winter's Arms create a Flame,|Can couple youth with hoary Age,/ And make Antipathies engage.

Identification

State

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Type

Credit

Purchased and Presented by George P. Metcalf

Object Number

52.228.5

About

Plate 5
from the series "A Rake's Progress"

Original--Recto:In pencil inscribed, LR:IVerso:in pencil, LR:2nd StateIn Plate--Numbered LR:Plate 5. ; inscribed, LC:InventedPainted & Engrav'd by W[m superscribed] Hogarth 7 Publish'd June y.e 25 1735.According to Act of Parliament._____ ; inscribed, bottom margin:New to y.e School of hard Mishap,/Driven from y.e Edge of Fortune's Lap,|What Shames will nature not embrace,/T'avoid less Shmae of lean Distress?|Gold can the Charms of youth bestow,/And mask Deformity with Shew; |Gold can avert y.e Sting of Shame,/In Winter's Arms create a Flame,|Can couple youth with hoary Age,/ And make Antipathies engage.

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Use

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