A Rake's Progress, Plate 6
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 × 16 1/8 in. (35.6 × 41.0 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.2.449.6
Descriptionparlor scene, two tables with men seated and standing around both; a bald man in the center kneels with his right fist in the air, his wig is on the ground to his left, two men to the right exchange money, a boy tries to talk to a seated man; in the center two men try and put out a small fire on the ceiling while a man cowers as another man nearly stabs him with a sword; multiple interactions throughout
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