In a church Ramble Gripe stands beside his elderly, hunch-backed bride at the altar, as a minister reads the service. Engraving by Thomas Bowles, 1735.
- Bowles, Thomas, II, active 1712-1767.
- Reference:
- 38344i
- 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
The rake looks behind gazing at the bridegroom and a small dog urinates on the bride's wedding dress. A female attendant moves a hassock. In the background a woman prevents people from entering. Beneath a sign inscribed " pray remember the poor" and a cobweb, is a money-box
Publication/Creation
[London] ([no 13 in Cornhill]) : [printed for John Bowles]
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 23.4 x 30.8 cm.
Lettering
To repair his fortune he marries a rich old woman.
Verses beneath the print and lettering within
References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, related to 136
British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1877, vol. 3, no. 2222
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 60a
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38344i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores