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William Hogarth
Marries an old maid 1735
etching and engraving
31.5 × 39.0 cm (image) 34.8 × 40.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Judith and Graham Ryles OAM in memory of Dr Ursula Hoff AO OBE through the Australian Goverment's Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
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Marries an old maid
1735
plate 5 from the A rake’s progress series
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
31.5 × 39.0 cm (image) 34.8 × 40.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Judith and Graham Ryles OAM in memory of Dr Ursula Hoff AO OBE through the Australian Goverment's Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 136 iii/iii; BM Satires 2211
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: Invented Painted & Engrav’d by Wm (m in superscript) Hogarth & Publish’d Iune y.e (e in superscript above . ) 25 1735. According to Act of Parliament.
printed in ink l.r.: Plate 5.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: (caption in five verses of two lines)
Accession Number
2010.246
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Ceremonial and Funerary Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
bridegrooms brides elderly marriage (social construct) narrative art reproductive prints text (layout feature) weddings (ceremonies)