Boston Public LibraryEnglish Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries / William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints / British Artists
A rake's progress, plate 2
Item Information
- Title:
- A rake's progress, plate 2
- Description:
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A fashionable interior with Tom, in elegant indoor dress. He is surrounded by tradespeople and servants, such as his gardener, dancing and fencing master. To the side is a musician seated at the harpsichord. This musician has been tentatively identified as Handel.
- Artist:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Publisher:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Author in quotations or text abstracts:
- Hoadly, John, 1711-1776
- Name on Item:
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Invented &c by Wm. Hogarth
- Date:
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(c) June 25, 1735
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Engravings
Satires (Visual works)
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Holt Collection
- Subjects:
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Rake's progress
Musicians
Teachers
Jockeys
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Rake's progress
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 36 x 41 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5138jv87f
- Terms of Use:
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No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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[William Hogarth]
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Paulson: 133
- Notes (acquisition):
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Gift; Holt; 1979
- Notes (date):
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Date from item.
- Notes (citation):
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Paulson, Ronald. "Hogarth's Graphic Works." The Print Room, 1989, London.
- Notes (object):
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The second plate of the A Rake's Progress series. Plate based on "The Levée," a painting by Hogarth. Fifth state. The floor under the dancing master's feet is darkened, his coat under his violin has added hatching and the folds of Rakewell's dressing gown behind the violin are now crosshatched.
- Identifier:
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18_06_000134
- Barcode:
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36666003801384
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