The second image from the Hockney Rake’s Progress parody rebranded as art research.
Already the visual story becoming complex if going to map the version of Hogarth into a research tale! In this image ‘The Inheritance’ the art object ( I calling him/her ‘Muttly’ after R.Mutt signature on the Duchamp urinal) is receiving the inheritance of art research categorisation and theory from Sir Christopher Frayling. Thus ‘in, ailment for and by’ and a litter of papers and books….meanwhile Bruce Archer’s paper is overshadowed and the ‘New Knowledge’ monolith floats over a wobbly map of the Uk academic scene:-) Next image is called ‘Meeting the good people’ and will involve three statues and three philosophers.
and original
The original sequence of 8 Hogarth pictures here: http://www.soane.org/collections_legacy/the_soane_hogarths/rakes_progress/
The scene introduces our hero, Tom Rakewell, who has inherited a fortune following the death of his miserly father. Tom is pictured in his father’s house which is beginning to yield up its hoarded wealth.
Tom is attempting to pay-off a servant girl, Sarah Young. She holds a gold ring, revealing that Tom has seduced her with the promise of marriage. Behind Tom, a lawyer, employed to compile an inventory of his dead father’s estate, is stealing gold coins. A starved cat searches for food in a chest full of silver, whilst servants find treasure hidden in the fireplace and behind wall hangings.
Hockney originally only planned to make 8 etchings and was pushed into creating 16.
This why images double up e.g. Arrival is 1 and Inheritance is 1a.
Makes the task that more interesting knowing he struggled too:-)