Image
William Hogarth
Now On View
Description
Maker
- William Hogarth, 1697-1764, English
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Dimensions
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Image/plate: 35.4 x 40.6 cm (13 15/16 x 16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Original--Recto:In pencil inscribed, LR:IVerso:in pencil inscribed, LL:9.10.52 A-3/Colnaghi ; inscribed, center of right half of sheet:1st State[underlined].Before the lady with fan received a/cap./Before the monarch's crown was darkened./Before a coin (a halfpenny with Britannica 1763 in it)/on the wall in backgroundIn Plate--Numbered LR:Inscribed, LR:Invented & c. by W.m Hogarth & Publish'dAccording to Act of Parliament June y.e 25. 1735. ; inscribed, bottom margin:Madness, Thou Chaos of y.e Brain,/What art?That Pleasure giv'st, and pain?/Tyranny of Fancy's Reign!/Mechanic fancy; that can build/Vast Labyrinths, & Mazes wild,| With Rule disjointed, Shapeless Measure,/Fill'd with Horror, fill'd with Pleasure!/Shapes of Horror that wou'd even/Cast Doubt of Mercy upon Heaven.|Shapes of Pleasure, that but seen/Wou'd Split the Shaking Sides of Spleen./O Vanity of Age! here see/The Stamp of Heaven effac'd by Thee |The Headstrong C
Identification
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State
ii/iii Type
Credit
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Purchased and Presented by George P. Metcalf
Object Number
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52.228.8