G1814: The Rake Spends his Inheritance

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

Permissions

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Exhibition History

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

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