The Life of a Nobleman. Scene the Fifth. The Gambling House.
G. Dawe, Engraver and Printer, 9 Southampton Pl. New Road.
London: Geo. Henderson, 2, Old Bailey [n.d., c.1825].
Aquatint. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A wealthy young man at a card table getting sharped. Having lost his fortune, he later 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: 51280] £80.00
London: Geo. Henderson, 2, Old Bailey [n.d., c.1825].
Aquatint. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A wealthy young man at a card table getting sharped. Having lost his fortune, he later 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: 51280] £80.00