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William Hogarth 1697 - 1764.

 
 The Rake's Progress.  Plate VII.  The Rake in a Debtor's Prison.  1735.

Hogarth first achieved fame as an artist through his series of moralistic engravings, commencing with  A Harlot's Progress in 1731.  This was followed by A Rake's Progress in 1735, Marriage à-la-mode in 1743-5 and Industry and Idleness in 1747 .  Originally the sets of pictures were  oil paintings which Hogarth subsequently published as engravings.  They met with huge success and many copies were printed.  The original paintings of A Rake's Progress are extant and are displayed in Sir John Soane's Museum, London.

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'.  

The Rake's Progress. Plate VII. The Rake in a Debtor's Prison.


  William Hogarth

British Artist and Engraver

The Rake's Progress.  Plate VII.  The Rake in a Debtor's Prison.         

Engraving, published   1735
 
 




The Rake's Progress. Plate VII. The Rake in a Debtor's Prison.

Source:  Hogarth's Works published by J. Dicks, 313 The Strand, London.  Circa 1880.  


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The Rake's Progress. Plate  I. The Inheritance.
The Rake's Progress. Plate  II. The Levee.
The Rake's Progress. Plate  III. The Orgy.
The Rake's Progress. Plate  IV. The Arrest for Debt.

The Rake's Progress. Plate  I. The Inheritance.   The Rake's Progress. Plate  II. The Levée.    The Rake's Progress. Plate  III. The Orgy at the Rose Tavern.      The Rake's Progress. Plate  IV. The Arrest for Debt.                                  

The Rake's Progress. Plate  V. The Marriage.
The Rake's Progress. Plate  VI. Ruin at the Gaming Table.
The Rake's Progress. Plate  VII. The Debtor's Prison.
The Rake's Progress. Plate  VIII. The Rake in a Madhouse.

The Rake's Progress. Plate  V. The Marriage.   The Rake's Progress. Plate  VI. Ruin at the Gaming Table.  The Rake's Progress. Plate  VII. The Debtor's Prison. The Rake's Progress. Plate  VIII. The Rake in a Madhouse.                                  

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