A Rake's Progress Vii: The Rake In Prison, 1733
by William Hogarth
Title
A Rake's Progress Vii: The Rake In Prison, 1733
Artist
William Hogarth
Medium
Painting - Painting
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A Rake's Progress, series of 8 charting the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell the spendthrift son of a rich miserly merchant
Tom confined to Fleet Prison for debt, is harangued by his wife, sat beside a play he has written to make money and a rejection letter; Sarah Young has fainted across the room while a young woman tries to revive her; the child is presumably hers and Tom's
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January 3rd, 2023
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