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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1814
People
William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London)
Title
The Rake Spends his Inheritance
Other Titles
Alternate Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 1.
Series/Book Title: A Rake's Progress
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1735
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/264742

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 36 x 40.8 cm (14 3/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Wm. Hogarth [in plate]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 4 short lines of illegible letters and numbers
  • inscription: lower margin, to right, black printer's ink, engraved in plate: Invented Painted Engrav'd & Published by / Wm. Hogarth June ye. 25, 1735. According to Act / of Parliment. Plate 1.
  • inscription: lower margin, black printer's ink, engraved in plate, English: Oh Vanity of the Age ... And with ye. Father mix the Friend? [18 line poem]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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. 132, BM Sat. 2158

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1814
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986

Verification Level

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