Tom Rakewell is getting married to a one-eyed elderly hunchback in the church of St. Mary le Bone. Engraving by T. Cooke after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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Decr. 1st. 1796
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39250i
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Tom Rakewell is getting married to a one-eyed elderly hunchback in the church of St. Mary le Bone. Engraving by T. Cooke after W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The dilapidated condition of the church repeats the physical and moral condition of the couple. Sarah Young is shown in the background forcing her way into the church with her mother and her baby

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London (Paternoster Row) : G.G. & J. Robinson, Decr. 1st. 1796.

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 31.5 x 39 cm

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New to the school of hard mishap, driven from the ease of Fortune's lap, what shames will Nature not embrace, t'avoid less shame of lean distress?...Designed by Wm. Hogart. Engraved by T. Cook Lettering continues:...Gold can the charms of youth bestow, and mask deformity with shew... Bears number: Pl. V

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R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, related to [136]

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Wellcome Collection 39250i

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