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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1815
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/256253

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
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: looks like:
    U
    1
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 3 short lines of illegible letters and numbers

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1815
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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