Hogarth Rake’s Progress plagiarism SCARCE PLATES FIRST PUBLISHED c1735. Plate 5 TO REPAIR HIS FORTUNE HE MARRIES A RICH OLD WOMAN. (Loss to text below image). Method: Copperplate etched / engraved. This edition Copperplate engraved c1760-85. Condition: Engraved image approx 11.5″ x 14.5″ (295mm x 370mm) excluding title all within plate mark, Image good, general age tone, some staining, some small worm holes, Some loss to boarders or close cut to plate marks – Please examine images carefully. Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge UK: There are, amongst the twenty-four volumes of Hogarth’s works deposited with the Print Room by Christ’s College, three sets of engravings which appear to be identical with the set reproduced here. British Museum Ref: (You can see copies in the BM online catalogue). William Hogarth – A Rake’s Progress 1735 The eight paintings for the original series are now in Sir John Soane’s Museum. They were Hogarth’s second series of modern moral subjects and were painted soon after the publication of “A Harlot’s Progress” in 1732. Even so, pirated copies had already appeared by that time. The set cost two guineas, but Hogarth had also a smaller and cheaper set, copied by Thomas Bakewell and costing 2s 6d, published soon after. Louis G’rard Scotin.