A Rake's Progress, Plate 5

William Hogarth, English, 1697 - 1764

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published June 25, 1735

Etching and engraving on laid paper

Plate: 15 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (40.5 × 35.3 cm)

Sheet: 21 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (55 × 35.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund, the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W.18 Fund, the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund, the Barbara Dau '78 Fund for European Art, and the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund

2015.9.5

Publisher

William Hogarth

Geography

Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

: In plate, below image: New to ye. [e superscript] School of hard mishap, Driven from ye. [e superscript] Ease of Fortune’s Lap, / What Shames will Nature not embrace, T’avoid less Shame of lean Distress? / Gold can the Charms of Youth bestow, and mask Deformity with Shew; / Gold can avert ye. [e superscript] Sting of Shame, In Winter’s Arms create a Flame, / Can couple Youth with hoary Age, And make Antipathies engage. / Invented Painted & Engrav’d by Wm [m superscript] Hogarth & Publish’d June ye. [e superscript] 25 1735. According to Act of Parliament. _______ Plate 5.

Course History

ARTH 48.05, Satire: Art, Politics & Critique, Kristin O'Rourke, Winter 2022

ARTH 48.05, Satire: Art, Politics & Critique, Kristin O'Rourke, Winter 2022

ARTH 48.05, Satire: Art, Politics, & Critique, Kristin O'Rourke, Fall 2022

Provenance

C. G. Boerner, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2015.

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