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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]]

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	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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==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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