Securities  –  Mortgages  –  Gold  Ducats

Hogarth, William (1697 London 1764). The Young Heir taking Possession. The fresh heir of the rich miser Rakewell prepares his entry into society. In front he has new trousers fit on him while the  notary  sitting behind him and compiling the list of the assets provides himself beforehand with the most necessary, while young Rakewell offers money to those who will not take it: Sarah Young and her mother. Above at the ceiling a ledge breaks under the hands of the paperhanger and a golden rain flows to the floor. In the chamber besides the several periwigs of the deceased collector of lucrative securities  +  mortgages  which now, bundled and loose, look forward to their utilization. Engraving by Thomas Cook (c. 1744 – London 1818). Inscribed: Pl. I. / Hogarth pinx^t. / T. Cook sculp^t. / Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, Novr. 1^st. 1806. Subject size 14.2 x 16.4 cm.

The Rake’s Progress I. – Cook’s smaller version without the verses here replaced by the series title. – Cook “made a name for himself as Hogarth engraver, too” (Thieme-Becker). – Trimmed within the wide white platemark which is somewhat browned of age in the outer parts of three sides, on the right two small tears backed acid-freely.
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– – – The same in engraving by Carl Heinrich Rahl (Hoffenheim 1779 – Vienna 1843). (1818/23.) 21 x 27 cm. – Somewhat palish impression.
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– – – The same in engraving by Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen (1765 Göttingen 1840, university engraver there). Inscribed: 13. / W. Hogarth inv pinx. 1735. E. Riepenhausen d. sc. / Plate. 1. 20.5 x 27 cm. – On especially buff paper, supposedly about 1850. – Riepenhausen’s engravings after Hogarth (“very estimable”, Nagler) belong to his chief work and are partly even preferred to Hogarth’s own engravings.
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– – – The same by Riepenhausen as before, but on slightly toned minor paper. – Especially in the white lower margin weak age-spots.
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– – – The same in lithography by O. C. Apelt (before 1829 – after 1840). (1833/36.) Inscribed: 67. / O. C. Apelt 1834 / Der Weg des Liederlichen. 22.8 x 22 cm. – Extensive subtext à la Lichtenberg in German.
Offer no. 11,836 / EUR  240. (c. US$ 350.) + shipping

– – – The same in steel engraving about 1840. 13.2 x 15 cm. – Long tear reaching into the ceiling of the room repaired acid-freely.
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