William Hogarth

A Rake's Progress,

Maker

Title

A Rake's Progress

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 35.6 x 40.7 cm (14 x 16 inches)

Type

Credit

Purchased and Presented by George P. Metcalf

Object Number

52.228

A Rake's Progress
A Rake's Progress

Realistically rendered etching of a cast of characters inhabiting an 18th-century mental institution. The room is populated with institutionalized men, while two upper-class women shield their eyes with fans.

William Hogarth

Plate 8 (Tom Rakewell Ends Up in the Bethlehem Hospital Madhouse)
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