A Rake's Progress, Plate 2
Artist
William Hogarth
(English, born London, England 1697-died London, England 1764)
Date1735
Mediumengraving and etching
Dimensions
frame: 26 1/2 × 27 1/2 in. (67.3 × 69.9 cm)
sight: 14 1/8 × 16 5/8 in. (35.9 × 42.2 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.2.449.2
Descriptionindoor scene of fifteen people in two rooms, first room features a man on the left seated at a piano and turned away from viewer; man to his right stands facing the viewer with a fencing sabre, man to his left is turned toward him and holds two vertical poles in his left arm, man to his left holds an architectural drawing, man in front of him faces his left and holds a violin and bow, man to his left holds a paper and wears a cap, he talks to the man on his left who holds a sword in his right hand and grasps his chest with his left hand; man farthest right plays a brass instrument, man kneeling on right holds an illustration of a horse rider; large mythological painting behind these men, other room to the left features several individuals in conversation
Under work: "Invented &e. by Wm. Hogarth & Published According to Act of Parliament June ye. 25 1735. Plate 2nd,"
Under work: "Invented &e. by Wm. Hogarth & Published According to Act of Parliament June ye. 25 1735. Plate 2nd,"
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