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	Rake's Progress is a set of caricatures drawn by William [[Author::Artist::Hogarth]]		Rake's Progress is a set of caricatures drawn by William [[Author::Artist::Hogarth]]

	[[File:~~rakes_progress_prison~~.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:harlots_progress_IV.jpg\|thumb]]

	Published by Hogarth Restored. The Whole Works of William Hogarth. [[news date::1806]].Copper engraving by T Cooke. Hand coloured. Size: 41.5 x 35 cm. (16½ x 14 inches) Plate VII. A Rake's Progress tells the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who follows a path of vice and self-destruction after inheriting a fortune from his miserly father. It was Hogarth's second 'modern moral subject', and followed the hugely successful A Harlot's Progress.		Published by Hogarth Restored. The Whole Works of William Hogarth. [[news date::1806]].Copper engraving by T Cooke. Hand coloured. Size: 41.5 x 35 cm. (16½ x 14 inches) Plate VII. A Rake's Progress tells the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who follows a path of vice and self-destruction after inheriting a fortune from his miserly father. It was Hogarth's second 'modern moral subject', and followed the hugely successful A Harlot's Progress.

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	~~After his gambling losses and being unable to repay his debts Rakewell~~ is ~~incarcerated~~ in ~~the debtor~~'s ~~section of~~ the ~~Fleet prison~~. ~~His~~ one~~-eyed wife comes there to rail against him, the prison warder reminds him~~ of ~~unpaid entrance fees~~, the ~~boy, who brings a pint of porter, will not leave it until he receives payment~~. ~~On the other side his old sweetheart~~, ~~who has come to help, faints~~ at ~~the horror of the scene~~. ~~She is helped by two charwomen who attempt~~ to ~~revive her. Her daughter is clearly distressed. Two other characters complete the scene - the one on the~~ right~~, having gone bankrupt himself, devises schemes for solving the problem~~ of ~~the national debt~~. ~~The other in the background~~ is ~~busy with his furnace trying~~ to ~~turn base metals into gold. On the table is~~ a ~~play~~, ~~written in happier days by Tom~~, ~~which now is returned to him by some theatrical impresario~~ who ~~had give~~ him ~~hope~~ in the ~~days of his wealth that it was a worthwhile creation and could be profitably put~~ on the ~~stage~~. ~~Now he returns it with~~ the ~~curt note that 'It will not do'~~.		Moll is in Bridewell Prison. She beats hemp for hangman's nooses, while the jailer threatens her and points to the task. Fielding would write that Thwackum, one of Tom Jones's sadistic tutors, looked precisely like the jailer (Tom Jones 3:6). The jailer's wife steals clothes from Moll, winking at theft. The prisoners go from left to right in order of decreasing wealth. Moll is standing next to a gentleman, a card-sharp whose extra playing card has fallen out, and who has brought his dog with him. The inmates are in no way being reformed, despite the ironic engraving on the left above the occupied stocks, reading "Better to Work/ than Stand thus." The person suffering in the stocks apparently refused to work.

			Next is a woman, a child who may suffer from Down Syndrome (belonging to the sharper, probably), and finally a pregnant African woman who presumably "pleaded her belly" when brought to trial, as pregnant women could not be executed or transported. A prison graffito shows John Gonson hanging from the gallows. Moll's servant smiles as Moll's clothes are stolen, and the servant appears to be wearing Moll's shoes.

	==Book Details==		==Book Details==

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==Background details==
Rake's Progress is a set of caricatures drawn by William [[Author::Artist::Hogarth]]

[[File:rakes_progress_prison.jpg|thumb]]

Published by Hogarth Restored. The Whole Works of William Hogarth. [[news date::1806]].Copper engraving by T Cooke. Hand coloured. Size: 41.5 x 35 cm. (16½ x 14 inches) Plate VII. A Rake's Progress tells the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who follows a path of vice and self-destruction after inheriting a fortune from his miserly father. It was Hogarth's second 'modern moral subject', and followed the hugely successful A Harlot's Progress.

Note: That he engravings are the mirror image of the paintings as seen on this wikipage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rake%27s_Progress

==Condition of Print==
Very good condition

==Synopsis==
After his gambling losses and being unable to repay his debts Rakewell is incarcerated in the debtor's section of the Fleet prison. His one-eyed wife comes there to rail against him, the prison warder reminds him of unpaid entrance fees, the boy, who brings a pint of porter, will not leave it until he receives payment. On the other side his old sweetheart, who has come to help, faints at the horror of the scene. She is helped by two charwomen who attempt to revive her. Her daughter is clearly distressed. Two other characters complete the scene - the one on the right, having gone bankrupt himself, devises schemes for solving the problem of the national debt. The other in the background is busy with his furnace trying to turn base metals into gold. On the table is a play, written in happier days by Tom, which now is returned to him by some theatrical impresario who had give him hope in the days of his wealth that it was a worthwhile creation and could be profitably put on the stage. Now he returns it with the curt note that 'It will not do'.

==Book Details==
*Category: [[Book Category::Antique Books]]
*Purchased: [[Purchased Date::2015]]
*Price Paid: [[Price::$150.00]]
*First Edition?: [[First Edition::Yes]]
*Condition?: [[Condition:: Very Good]]
*Comments: [[Comments::UK first edition]]

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