| Maker(s): | Hogarth, William
| | Culture: | British (1697-1764)
| | Title: | Scene in a Gaming House, from the series The Rake's Progress
| | Date Made: | 1735 plate; ca. 1745 print (before the final revisions)
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Etching; engraving; ink on paper
| | Place Made: | Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England; London
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 17 3/4 in x 23 1/16 in; 45.1 cm x 58.6 cm; Plate: 14 in x 16 1/16 in; 35.6 cm x 40.8 cm; Image: 13 7/16 in x 15 3/16 in; 34.1 cm x 38.6 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTIONS: recto, lwr. ctr. (etched, within plate): Gold, Thou bright Son of Phaebus, Sourse / Of Universal Intercourse; / of weeping Virtue Sweet Redress, / And blessing Those who live to bless; / Yet oft behold this Sacred Trust / The Fool of Avaritious Lust, / No longer Bond of Humankind, / But Bane of every virtuous Mind. / What Chaos such Misuse Attends! / Friendship Stoops to prey on Friends; / Health, that gives Relish to Delight, / Is wasted with ye. Wasting Night. / Doubt & Mistrust are thrown on Heaven, / And all its Power to Chance is given. / Sad Purchase, of repentant Tears, / Of needless Quarrels, endless Fears, Of hopes of Moments, Pangs of Years! / Sad Purchase, of a tortured Mind, To an imprifon'd Body join'd! ; recto, lwr. r. (etched, within plate): Invented Painted & Engraved by / Wm. Hogarth & Published Jane y. 25 1735 Accoding to Act of Parliment. ; recto, lwr. r. (etched, within plate): Sold at Y. Golden Head in Leicester Fields London. Plate 6
| | Accession Number: | MH 2010.10.2.6
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Belle and Hy Baier Art Acquisition Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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