The Rake's Progress. Plate four of a series of eight by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. 1735. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell; the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant; who comes to London; wastes all his money on luxurious living; prostitution and gambling; and as a consequence is imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and ultimately Bethlem Hospital; or Bedlam

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The Rake's Progress. Plate four of a series of eight by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. 1735. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell; the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant; who comes to London; wastes all his money on luxurious living; prostitution and gambling; and as a consequence is imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and ultimately Bethlem Hospital; or Bedlam

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