Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764, Britishafter William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Title:
A Rake's Progress, Plate 3: He Revels
Date:
1735
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 16 inches (35.6 × 40.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "PONTAC"; upper center: "TOTUS MUNDUS"; upper right: "AUGUSTUS | NERO | TITUS | OTHO | VITELIUS | VESPATIANUS"; center right: "John Bonvine at the Rose Tavern Drury Lane"; center right: "Black | Foke"; lower left: "Iulius"; below image, lower center: "O Vanity of Youthfull Blood, | So by Misuse of poison Good! | Woman, form'd for social Love, | Fairest Gift of Powers above! | Source of every Houshold Blessing, | All Charms in Innocence possessing: | But turn'd to Vice, all Plagues above, | Foe to thy Being, Foe to Love! | Guest Divine to outward Viewing, | Abler Minister of Ruin! | And Thou, no less of Gift divine, | Sweet Poison of Misused Wine! | With Freedom led to every Part, | And secret Chamber of ye Heart; | Dost Thou thy friendly Host betray, | And shew thy riotous Gang ye Way, | To enter in with covert Treason, | O'erthrow the drowsy Guard of Reason, | To ransack the abandon'd Place, | And revel there with wild Excess?"; lower center: "Invented, Painted, Engrav'd, & Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth June ye 25. 1735. According to the Act of Parli^ament.--"; lower right: "Plate 3."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.1413
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04)
Publications:
David Bindman, The Beauty of Line and Spit in William Hogarth, Art in Print, vol. 5, January - February 2016, p. 16, NE1 .A65 OVERSIZE (YCBA)