A Rake's Progress, Plate 1
Artist
William Hogarth
(English, born London, England 1697-died London, England 1764)
Date1735
Mediumengraving and etching
Dimensions
frame: 26 × 28 in. (66 × 71.1 cm)
sight: 14 × 16 1/4 in. (35.6 × 41.3 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.2.449.1
Descriptionindoor scene of seven people, main figure, male, is being fitted for trousers by a tailor crouched and measuring at his right leg, he is speaking to female figure at the back of second female figure who is crying; one man in background hammers up wallpaper and crown molding where coins fall out, woman on the farthest left at fireplace; man on the farthest left sits at desk and has quill in his mouth while taking coins from an open coin purse
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