Image
William Hogarth
Description
Maker
William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764)
Title
Plate 5
from the series "A Rake's Progress"
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
etching, engravingSupports
Dimensions
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Image/plate: 35.6 x 40.8 cm (14 x 16 1/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
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State
i/iii Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Purchased and Presented by George P. Metcalf
Object Number
52.228.5 Type
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