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Title:
In Bridewell Object 1
Series Title: plate 4 from A harlot's progress series
Collection Title: Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection
Accession Number: 1959.2597.000.000
Creator: Hogarth, William
Place of birth: England
Creation Date: (1732)
Object Category: prints
Medium:
etching, engraving
Technique:
intaglio
State: 1st state of 2
Dimensions:
Type Height Width Depth Diameter Unit (Lengths) Weight Unit (Weight)
image 30.1 37.4 cm
sheet 31.2 38 cm
Inscription: signed l. r. corner, printed: "Wm. Hogarth invt: pinxt: et sculpt. "
Other Inscriptions: inscibed on former mount, bot. c., typed: "William Hogarth, 1697-1764 [1697-1764 underlined] (English) - [A harlot's progress]. Plate 4. [Scene in Bridewell]. [1734]. (Engraving. 1st State./ B.M. 2075)."; bot. c., pencil: "Pa124 [directly follows 2075]." inscribed l. l. corner, printed: " Plate 4 "; w. l., printed: "Better to work / than Stand thus."
Catalogue Raisonne: Paulson 1991 99
Credit Line: Baillieu Library Print Collection, the University of Melbourne. Gift of Dr J. Orde Poynton 1959.
Narratives:
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Hogarth in the Baillieu: precedents and projections a study of the Hogarth print collection of the University of Melbourne Bailleu Library
History of the Virtual Print Room print collection