The Life of a Nobleman. Scene the First. The Inheritance.
G. Dawe, Engraver and Printer, 9 Southampton Pl. New Road.
London: Geo. Henderson, 2, Old Bailey [n.d., c.1825].
Mezzotint. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, edges soiled.
A young man lounges before a fire as his solicitor reads him the details of his inheritance. After being introduced to drinking and gambling, he loses his fortune, borrows money from a usurer, joins the army, fights a duel and dies from his wounds. One of a rare series of nine plates by George Dawe, updating Hogarth's 'Rake's Progress'. Dawes was best known for his portraits of Russian military figures of the Napoleonic Wars, now in the Hermitage Museum.
Ex: the Kedleston Hall collection.
[Ref: 51277] £65.00
London: Geo. Henderson, 2, Old Bailey [n.d., c.1825].
Mezzotint. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, edges soiled.
A young man lounges before a fire as his solicitor reads him the details of his inheritance. After being introduced to drinking and gambling, he loses his fortune, borrows money from a usurer, joins the army, fights a duel and dies from his wounds. One of a rare series of nine plates by George Dawe, updating Hogarth's 'Rake's Progress'. Dawes was best known for his portraits of Russian military figures of the Napoleonic Wars, now in the Hermitage Museum.
Ex: the Kedleston Hall collection.
[Ref: 51277] £65.00