M0008974: Hogarth's "The Rake's Progress"; plate VIII

Date:
17 December 1943
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/78/73
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

Available online

view M0008974: Hogarth's "The Rake's Progress"; plate VIII

Contains: 1 image

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

M0008974: Hogarth's "The Rake's Progress"; plate VIII. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Hogarth's The Rake's Progress; scene at Bedlam.

Description

Engraving by T. Cook after William Hogarth from 1735 of the eighth scene from Hogarth's series of paintings "A Rake's Progress". The engraving depicts Tom Rakewell in Bethlem Hospital (Bedlam), a mental asylum. Related images: M0008973, V0016644

Publication/Creation

17 December 1943

Physical description

4 photographs 2 sheet film negatives and 2 photographic prints; range in size from 9 x 11 cm to 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 20042i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    By appointmentManual request

Permanent link