Frontispiece to "the progress of a rake: or, the templar's exit" (1732): satire on a dissolute life showing a young man in his bedroom, partially dressed, having just risen with a hangover. He holds the front of his shirt in his hand lamenting the discovery of signs of venereal disease; behind is a drop-leaf table on which lies a copy of rochester's poems, a window with curtains falling from a pelmet, a framed impression of hogarth's harlot's progress, plate 3 (paulson 123), below which hangs the man's wig, a chair and a tester bed, unmade; a chamber pot, hat and broken sword rest on the floor. Etching. Date: 1732. Dimensions: Height: 157 mm; Width: 99 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: William Hogarth. Collection: British Museum. Print, satirical print, frontispiece (BM 1855,1208.63)
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