A rake's progress: Triumph: discovers flair for language and becomes a wine writer. His first book Lesser" – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic drawing of A rake's progress: Triumph: discovers flair for language and becomes a wine writer. His first book Lesser" brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A rake's progress: Triumph: discovers flair for language and becomes a wine writer. His first book Lesser"
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Here the rake's progress ends somewhere unexpected: the dissolute young man of the title finds his calling not in ruin but in the wine glass, becoming a wine writer with a first book to his name. The drawing borrows its premise from William Hogarth's eighteenth-century series of prints, in which a wastrel's excess leads to a grim end. This 1973 version turns that moral around, using party scenes and bottles where Hogarth used gaming tables and gin shops. Its May 1973 publication date places it in a decade when eating and drinking were becoming popular subjects of humor and commentary.
| Medium | 1 drawing : India ink, with gray wash, and opaque white on white wove paper ; 21.0 x 29.7 cm. (sheet) |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1973 May [publication date] |
| Subjects | Eating & drinking--1970-1980. Parties--1970-1980. Rake's progress--1970-1980. Wine--1970-1980. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,171 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157730 |
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