William Hogarth

Original--Recto:In pencil inscribed, LR:IVerso:in pencil inscribed, LL:9.10.52 A-5/Colnaghi ; inscribed, center of right half of sheet:1st State[underlined].Before the shading darkening further the/Rake's right knee: /Before the shadow on the ground, from Rake's/knee to the back of the chair, was enlarged/Before theintermediate lines among the strong/lines across the table/gemarg[encircled](?)/etc etcIn Plate--Numbered LR:Inscribed, LR:Invented Painted & Engrav'dby W.m Hogarth & Publish'd June y.e 25. 1735According to Act of Parliament. /Sold at y.e Golden head in Leicester Fields Lon:[don superscribed] Plate 6. ; inscribed in bottom margin:Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, Sourse(sic)/of Universal Intercourse; of weeping Virtue Sweet Redress,/and blessing Those who live to bless;Yet oft behold this sacred Trust/The Fool of Avaritious Lust,| No longer Bond of Humankind,/But Bane of every virtuous Mind.,/What Chaos such Misuse

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