| Physical description |
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 23.4 x 31.2 cm. |
| Series |
The progress of a rake exemplified in the adventures of Ramble Gripe Esqr son of Sr Positive Gripe ; no 9
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| References |
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, related to 139 |
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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1877, vol. 3, no. 2257 |
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D. Kunzle, 'Plagiaries-by-memory of the Rake's Progress and the genesis of Hogarth's second picture story', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 29, 1966, plate 61b |
| Lettering note |
A wall is inscribed "signs tangents", "longitude", etc. and there is a verse beneath the print |
| Summary |
To the right a young woman faints supported by another woman who applies smelling salts. In the background "men mimick poets, popes, or kings". A geometrician draws diagrams and figures on the wall and a woman admires her reflection in a broken mirror |
| Cite as |
Wellcome Library no. 38347i |
| Lettering |
He is chained raving mad in Bedlam. |
| Author, etc. |
Bowles, Thomas, II, active 1712-1767.
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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| Subject name |
Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)
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| Place name |
London (England)
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| Genre/Technique |
Engravings.
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| Copy photo no. |
V 49186 |
| System no. |
.b11961739
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| Record no. |
38347i |
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