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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1821
People
William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London)
Title
The Rake in Bedlam
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: A Rake's Progress
Alternate Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 8.
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1735
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256246

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 36 x 40.8 cm (14 3/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, margins, graphite: graphite lines indicate the plate mark
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 4 short illegible lines of letters and numbers

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
P. 139, BM Sat. 2246

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1821
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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