G1818: The Rake Marries a Rich Old Woman
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G1818
- People
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William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London)
- Title
- The Rake Marries a Rich Old Woman
- Other Titles
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Alternate Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 5.
Series/Book Title: A Rake's Progress - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1735
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/238118
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Etching and engraving
- Dimensions
- sheet: 36 x 40.8 cm (14 3/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: recto, graphite: graphite lines are drawn along the plate line
- inscription: verso, lower right corner, graphite: dash and a squiggle
- inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: four or five short lines of illegible numbers and letters
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/iii
- Standard Reference Number
- P. 136, BM Sat. 2211
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
- Object Number
- G1818
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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