Harvard Art Museums > G1814: The Rake Spends his Inheritance Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Rake Spends his Inheritance (William Hogarth) , G1814,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/264742. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1814 People William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London) Title The Rake Spends his Inheritance Other Titles Alternate Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 1. Series/Book Title: A Rake's Progress Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1735 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/264742 Physical Descriptions Technique Etching and engraving Dimensions sheet: 36 x 40.8 cm (14 3/16 x 16 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Wm. Hogarth [in plate] inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 4 short lines of illegible letters and numbers inscription: lower margin, to right, black printer's ink, engraved in plate: Invented Painted Engrav'd & Published by / Wm. Hogarth June ye. 25, 1735. According to Act / of Parliment. Plate 1. inscription: lower margin, black printer's ink, engraved in plate, English: Oh Vanity of the Age ... And with ye. Father mix the Friend? [18 line poem] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/iii Standard Reference Number P. 132, BM Sat. 2158 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1814 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
