His Expensive Levee, William Hogarth, 1735

Piracy of plate ii of hogarth's rake's progress with considerable differences: a fashionable interior with the rake (here called ramble), in elegant indoor dress, surrounded by tradesmen vying for his custom: a musician, a fencing master, a dancing master, a laceman offering his wares to ramble's mistress, a singing master, a bodyguard, a prizefighter with quarter-staffs, a cocker, and a jockey; on the wall, paintings of a horse race, a cock-fight and hogarth's midnight modern conversation; later impression. 1735 etching. Date: 1735. Dimensions: Height: 268 mm; Width: 327 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Farinelli. Collection: British Museum. His Expensive Levee (BM 1878,0914.2)