Description: If you are interested in the entire set of eight prints, please contact me. BROWNING & MINOR WEAR TO THE EDGES OF THE 17" X 23" PAPER. THERE ARE HANDLING CREASES. EDGES HAVE SMALL CHIPS & NICKS IN THE BROWNED EDGES. TO THE RIGHT, EACH OF THE EIGHT PLATES OF THIS SERIES ARE INITIALED IN INK, WHICH LIKELY CANNOT BE ERASED BUT WOULD NOT BE IN THE FRAMED AREA. - The browning and foxing are quite visible on three of four of the edges, with the fourth edge being where the engraving was sewn into a portfolio. Minimal light spotting and soiling does enter the plate area, especially at bottom. A RAKE'S PROGRESS: A Rake's Progress (or The Rake's Progress) is a series of eight paintings by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in 1732–1734, then engraved in 1734 and published in print form in 1735. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant, who comes to London, wastes all his money on luxurious living, prostitution and gambling, and as a consequence is imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and ultimately Bethlem Hospital (Bedlam). The original paintings are in the collection of Sir John Soane's Museum in London, where they are normally on display for a short period each day. PLATE 2- THE LEVEE: In the second painting, Tom is at his morning levée in his new London home, attended by musicians and other hangers-on all dressed in expensive costumes. Surrounding Tom from left to right: a music master at a harpsichord, who was supposed to represent George Frideric Handel or Nicola Porpora; a fencing master; a quarterstaff instructor; a dancing master with a violin; a landscape gardener, Charles Bridgeman; an ex-soldier offering to be a bodyguard; a bugler of a fox hunt club. At lower right is a jockey with a silver trophy showing Tom's racehorse "Silly Tom". In the background left are more hangers-on including a poet, a wig maker and a hat maker. The quarterstaff instructor looks disapprovingly on both the fencing and dancing masters. Both masters appear to be in the "French" style, which was a subject Hogarth loathed. Upon the wall, between paintings of roosters (emblems of cockfighting), there is a painting of the Judgement of Paris.===================================================================================================Plate size is approximately 14" x 16.25". The 17" x 23" paper leaves the original wide margins. There is additional paper attached at the top of the print so that it was the same size as the rest of the portfolio it was in. William Hogarth died in 1764 and this was printed in 1796. This was engraved by Thomas Cook, who always engraved to the same dimensions as Hogarth's original work. From what I have read, he was the only engraver to do so. This was published by G.G & J Robinsons Paternoster Row June 1, 1796 Many sellers would trim the edges of the paper to eliminate the brown edges and chipping. I do not. You can trim or mat out the browning. PLEASE USE ZOOM FUNCTION ON ALL PHOTOS.These will be shipped rolled ff6
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Artist: William Hogarth
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1796
Production Technique: Engraving
