William Hogarth
A Rake’s Progress, Plate I

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image #07- shot by Jennifer Levy with copystand camera

Artist William Hogarth (English, 1697–1764)English, 1697–1764

CultureEnglish

Titles

A Rake’s Progress, Plate I

Date1735

MediumEngraving and etching on laid paper, state II/IV

DimensionsPlate: 14 × 16 1/16 in. (35.6 × 40.8 cm)
Sheet: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Julie T. Dokell

Object number2014.907.7

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Provenance[Spencer A. Samuels and Company, New York, by 1984]; Edward Joseph Hudson, New York, 1984-mid-late 1980s; given to Julie T. Dokell, Houston, mid-late 1980s-2014; given to MFAH, by 2014.
Exhibition History"The Rowdy London of William Hogarth: Engravings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 11—April 1, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto, below image: O Vanity of Age, untoward...And with ye Father mix the Friend? [For full text, please see image]
Recto, lower right, below image: Invented Painted & Engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth, & / Publish'd June ye 25 1735. According to Act / of Parliament. Plate. 1.

Catalogue raisonnéPaulson 132

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