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A Rake's Progress

Print
1735 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching and engraving depicting a work by William Hogarth.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Rake's Progress (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and engraving
Brief description
Print from the series 'A Rake's Progress' by William Hogarth. London, 1735.
Physical description
Etching and engraving depicting a work by William Hogarth.
DimensionsThis print was originally part of a volume that was broken up into individual plates. Dimensions taken from departmental notes.
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Forster
Production
Single plate from a volume of 217 plates and cuts from Hogarth's paintings and designs, etched and engraved by himself and others. Some of the plates are duplicated showing various states.
Collection
Accession number
F.118:30

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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