Scene in Bedlam, plate 8 from A Rake's Progress
Scene in Bedlam, plate 8 from A Rake's Progress

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Scene in Bedlam, plate 8 from A Rake's Progress,

1735

William Hogarth, British, 1697–1764
x1954-49

Information

Title
Scene in Bedlam, plate 8 from A Rake's Progress
Dates

1735

Maker
William Hogarth
Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 35.3 x 40.4 cm (13 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
sheet: 37.3 x 42.7 cm (14 11/16 x 16 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Henry K. Dick, Class of 1909

Object Number
x1954-49
Place Made

Europe, England, London

Inscription

Nineteen lines in five columns inscribed in plate, lower center from left to right

Inscribed in plate, lower right: Retouch’d by the Author 1763

Inscribed in plate, lower center to right: Invented by Wm. Hogarth & Publish’d, According to Act of Parliament June ye. 25, 1735.

Reference Numbers
Paulson 139 (1965, 1989)
Culture
European, British
Type
prints, engravings, etchings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
groups of people, clergy, figures (representations), satires, men, psychiatric hospitals, women

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