A Rake's Progress, Plate 3
Artist
William Hogarth
(English, born London, England 1697-died London, England 1764)
Date1735
Mediumengraving and etching
Dimensions
frame: 26 × 27 1/2 in. (66.0 × 69.9 cm)
sight: 14 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (36.2 × 41.3 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.2.449.3
Descriptioncrowded parlor scene; man at left is seated with a woman who has her left hand down his shirt, she gives a pocket watch to a woman behind them with her right hand; a man in the center of the table lifts a seated woman's chin towards himself; to their right a woman spits at a woman to their left who is seated with a knife; in the background, a woman lights a map on the wall on fire with a lit candle; in bottom right, a seated woman appears to be removing her stockings next to a pile of dishes on the floor
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