Artwork Details
12-1/4 x 15-1/4 in. (image) 17-1/8 x 23 in. (sheet)
Accession NumberGift of William George Sullivan
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color PaletteWilliam George Sullivan; given to the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1930.
Tom Rakewell (his name appears on the bottom of the scroll of his accounts) has adopted the lifestyle of a gentleman. At his ceremonial morning assembly (levee) in his gracious manor, he is attended by his hirelings: his fencing master, his quarter staff instructor, his French music teacher, his landscape architect, his bodyguard, his master of hounds, and his jockey. Most were recognizable as well-known figures of the day. The man at the harpsichord is likely George Frideric Handel, who before achieving fame as a composer would play harpsichord in fashionable drawing rooms.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
William Hogarth: The Painter of Comic History
Indianapolis Museum of Art
August 31, 2012 - August 4, 2013
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