The Rake's Levee | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M20074
People: Engraving commissioned from Louis Gérard Scotin, French (1690 - after 1745)
Designed by William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London)
Title: The Rake's Levee
Other Titles: Alternate Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 2.
Series/Book Title: A Rake's Progress
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1735
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231185

Location

Location: Level 2, Room 2220, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, Rococo and Neoclassicism in the Eighteenth Century

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Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

plate: 35.8 x 40.8 cm (14 1/8 x 16 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink: collector's stamp with the letters R and K combined

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iv/iv
Standard Reference Number: P. 133, BM Sat. 2173

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Ralph Kirkpatrick
Object Number: M20074
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/16/2024 - 03/03/2025

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M20074: The Rake's Levee