Bidspirit auction | William Hogarth, 18th Century Engraving

William Hogarth, 18th Century Engraving - William Hogarth, 18th Century Engraving. Reads ”O'Vanity of youthful blood, So by misuse to poison good! Reason awakes, & views unbard The sacred gates he watch'd to guard./ Approaching views the Harpy Law, and Poverty with icy Paw/ Ready to sieze the poor Remains That Vice hath left of all his gains./ Cold Penitence, lame after thought, With fears, despair, & horrors fraught, / Call back his guilty Pleasures dead, Whom he hath wrong'd, & whom betray'd... Invented Painted & Engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth & Publish'd June 25, 1735. According to an Act of Parliamont.” Framed 24.0W x 22.5H x 0.75D in. Sight 16.75W x 14.5H in. All Measurements are Approximate.