A Rake's Progress. Plate VIII (In Bedlam)

Accession Number
1962/1.114

Title
A Rake's Progress. Plate VIII (In Bedlam)

Artist(s)
William Hogarth

Object Creation Date
1735

Medium & Support
etching and engraving on paper

Dimensions
14 3/16 in. x 16 1/8 in. ( 36 cm x 41 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
Portraits
bust-length
doorways
man

1 Comment

Major exploratory expedition to find out whether the globe is wider of taller departed from France in 1735. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Geodesic_Mission
— by Sophie Grillet (September 30 2020 @ 2:21 pm)

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