print;
satirical print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- Cc,2.123
- Title
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Object: A Rake's Progress, Plate 8
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Series: A Rake's Progress
- Description
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Copy of a scene in Bedlam with Tom at right, half-naked and in a state of distress attended by Sarah Young, a man wearing a wig and a warder; in the background, other inmates (including one who believes himself to be God and has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall, and another who believes he is King and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on to his straw bed) and two female visitors; the wall and the banister of a staircase to right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude and the name of a well-known prostitute, Betty Careless; after Hogarth; illustration to 'The Genuine Works of William Hogarth' by Nichols and Steevens (London: 1808, vol. I, after p.66). 1808
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1808
- Dimensions
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Height: 228 millimetres
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Width: 278 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- According to George, the name of the printer Bishop was added on later state which was used for 'The Works of William Hogarth' by Rev. John Trusler (London: 1821, vol. I).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Genuine Works of William Hogarth (1808)
- Acquisition date
- 1827 (before)
- Acquisition notes
- See comment on S,2.1.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Cc,2.123
