[A rake's progress]. Plate 4 [graphic] / invented, painted & engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth & publish'd June [the] 25, 1735, according to act of Parliament.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126106
- Edition:
- [State 2].
- Published/Created:
- [London]
[Wm. Hogarth],
[25 June 1735] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 35.2 x 40 cm
- Notes:
- "Plate 4"--Lower right corner.
Added title from first two lines of the verse etched below image.
After the painting now at Sir John Soane's Museum.
State 2 with stormy, rainy sky etched in and a jagged bolt of lightening is aimed at the building with a sign that now reads "WHITE". For other changes see Paulson.
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson. - Abstract:
- The fourth plate in the series The rake's progress. In this scene two baliffs, one with an arrest notice in his hand, have stopped Tom Rakewell's sedan chair in St. James's Street; Tom is presumably on his way to White's gaming house which can be seen in the background. They are foiled in their attempt to arrest Tom for debt as Sarah Young, the young woman whom he had seduced and abandoned, offers the bailiffs her purse instead. Sarah is now a dealer in millinery as is suggested by the notions falling from her purse. In the right foreground a shoe-black apparently taking advantage of the situation to take hold of Tom's elegant walking stick. Above them a careless lamplighter spills some oil on Tom's head. To the left a Welshman, probably the creditor, honouring St David's day (March 1st) with a leek in his hat, accompanied by his manicured dog, simply watches the scene. In the distance is the gate of St James's Palace with a crowd of sedan-chairs approaching to celebrate the birthday of Queen Caroline.
- Variant Titles:
- O vanity of youthfull blood, so by misuse to poison good ...
- Topics:
- Bailiffs.
Children.
Dogs.
Ethics.
Lamps.
Lust.
Rake's progress.
Seamstresses.
Sedan chairs.
Seduction.
Street vendors.
Traffic congestion.
Young adults. - Topics:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126106
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird,--Baron,--1780-1826--Ownership.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Sotheby, Frederick Edward,--1837-1909--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.
Engravings--England--London--1735.
Etchings--England--London--1735. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 (Oversize)
- Orbis Record:
- 12626864
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26124b
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2202
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 135.2 - OID:
- 16945065
- PID:
- digcoll:4889792
