A Rake's Progress; plate II of VIII mb-width 3327 Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London

Portrait of Sir Sills John Gibbons

Scene at the Tower of London showing the impending execution of Lady Jane Grey in 1554

including the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance

A Rake's Progress; plate II of VIII mb-width 3327 Lord Mayor of London'A Rake's Progress', 1735; plate II of VIII. Tom Rakewell is at his morning levee, attended by hangers on of various professions. At the rake's feet is a jockey holding a race cup and to the left are a dancing master and a garden designer holding a plan, identified as Charles Bridgeman. The composer seated at the piano represents George Frederic Handel.