Ramble Gripe in despair kneels on the ground, his back turned away from a gambling table; his hat, wig and some cards lie strewn on the ground. Engraving by Thomas Bowles, 1735.
- Bowles, Thomas, II, active 1712-1767.
- Date:
- [1735]
- Reference:
- 38343i
- Part of:
- The progress of a rake, exemplified in the adventures of Ramble Gripe Esqr son of Sr Positive Gripe
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A young man holding out a watch interrupts a usurer who sits at a small circular table. At the larger table are various people absorbed in playing dice. Two men quarrel violently. One holding a whip is probably a highwayman, as a mask slips out from beneath his coat, and two butt-ends of a pair of pistols stick out from a pocket. About to enter the room is a magistrate and a posse of constables
Publication/Creation
[London] ([no 13 in Cornhill]) : [printed for John Bowles], [1735]
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 23.9 x 39.2 cm.
Lettering
Resorts to a gaming table and is ruined by sharpers.
Verses beneath the print
References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition related to 137
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1877, Vol 3, no. 2235
D. Kunzle, 'Plagiaries-by-memory of the Rake's Progress and the genesis of Hogarth's second picture story', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 29, 1966, plate 60b
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38343i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores