In front of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, several men brandishing sticks attack a crowd attempting to raise a riot. Engraving by Thomas Bowles, 1735.

  • Bowles, Thomas, II, active 1712-1767.
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38341i
Part of:
The progress of a rake, exemplified in the adventures of Ramble Gripe Esqr son of Sr Positive Gripe
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Publication/Creation

[London] ([no 13 in Cornhill]) : [printed for John Bowles]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 23.2 x 30.4 cm.

Lettering

He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden. Verses beneath the print

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition.
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 58a

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Wellcome Collection 38341i

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