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, English, 1697-1764
Title
A Rake's Progress, Plate 8
DatePublished: 1736
MediumLine and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 43.3 x 53.4 cm
Plate: 35.5 x 40.7 cm
Credit LinePresented, Mrs E. Bishop, 1942
Terms
  • 3rd State
Object numberNGI.11519
Description‘A Rake’s Progress’ was etched and engraved from a series of eight paintings completed in 1734. Like ‘A Harlot’s Progress’ it is a moral tale. This last print shows how Tom Rakewell’s excesses have driven him mad. He is shown half-naked in Bethlem Hospital for
the insane being comforted by his stalwart mistress Sarah Young.