'The Rake's Progress' by William Hogarth, Set of Eight Prints temple but a copy can be

but a copy can be seen in Wilton House

This is the second painting from William Hogath's An Election series

widow of the Shakespearean actor

an office for his architectural practice and a showcase for his expanding collection of works of art and architectural fragments

A cloth backing ensured that maps would not crease and tear when repeatedly unfolded in use

'The Rake's Progress' by William Hogarth, Set of Eight Prints temple but a copy can beThe eight paintings in William Hogarth's 'A Rake's Progress' tell 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, finally ending up deranged and penniless in Bedlam, after his failure to establish himself in society. It was Hogarth's second 'modern moral subject', and followed the hugely successful 'A Harlot's Progress' (1730). The paintings were in the