A rake's progress, plate 2

A rake's progress, plate 2

Item Information

Title:
A rake's progress, plate 2
Description:
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:
Invented &c by Wm. Hogarth
Date:
(c) June 25, 1735
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Engravings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Holt Collection
Subjects:
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:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[William Hogarth]
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Paulson: 133
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Holt; 1979
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Paulson, Ronald. "Hogarth's Graphic Works." The Print Room, 1989, London.
Notes (object):
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:
18_06_000134
Barcode:
36666003801384