William Hogarth
A Rake’s Progress, Plate VI

A Rake’s Progress, Plate VI

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A Rake’s Progress, Plate VI
ArtistEnglish, 1697–1764
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • A Rake’s Progress, Plate VI
DateJune 1735
MediumEngraving and etching on laid paper, state II/III
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 number2014.907.12
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
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: Gold, Thou bright Son of Phaebus, Sour[...]e...To an imprison'd Body join'd! [for full text, please see images]
Recto, lower right, below image: Invented Painted & Engrav'd by / Wm. Hogarth, & Publish'd June ye. 25 1735 According to Act of Parliament. / Sold at ye: Golden Head in Leicester Fields London: Plate 6.

Catalogue raisonnéPaulson 137

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