A Rake's Progress, Plate 5
William Hogarth, English, 1697 - 1764
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
Research Area
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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