Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1946.10204h |
Collection |
Works on Paper Collection |
Title |
The Rake's Progress, plate 7, The Prison |
Date |
June 25 1735 |
Artist |
William Hogarth (1697-1764) |
Description |
In this scene, Tom is incarcerated in the notorious Fleet debtor's prison, where Hogarth's own father had been incarcerated. Tom, who squandered his wife's fortune attempted to earn it back by writing a play, which has been rejected by the publisher. His emaciated, elderly, one-eyed wife gestures angrily at Tom while a boy and the prison warden wait impatiently to paid. To the left of this pitiful scene, the faithful Sarah has fainted has fainted at the sight of the ruined Tom Rakewell. Two women try to revive her with smelling salts while sarah and Tom's daughter scolds her, demanding to leave this deplorable place. Why do you think the artist included angel wings in the upper left-hand corner of the image? |
Medium |
Ink, Paper |
Technique |
Engraved |
Height (in) |
19.488 |
Width (in) |
25.591 |
Culture |
English |
School |
Rococo |
Place of Origin |
London, England |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Friends of Art |
People |
Hogarth, William Purchase, Friends of Art |
Search Terms |
18th Century Beer Bonnets Books Clothing / Dress Corsets Crosshatching Debtor's Prisons English Engravings Fabric Figures, Children Figures, Men Figures, Women Furnaces Hats Headwear Intaglio Jails Keys Letters London, England Prints Prisons Rococo Scrolls Smelling Salts Steins Stools Tables Wardens Wigs Wings Words and Phrases |
Location |
Not on view |
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