A Rake's Progress; plate VIII of VIII mb-height 4284 with boats on the River

with boats on the River Thames and a horse and cart on the quayside

showing a cottage with a cart outside

View of Bow Churchyard

detailing the royal and civic procession on its way from Temple Bar to Guildhall

A Rake's Progress; plate VIII of VIII mb-height 4284 with boats on the River'A Rake's Progress', 1763; plate VIII of VIII. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living. He has lived riotously, both gambling and whoring. He has married a rich old widow and been ruined a second time. Now the rake is raving mad and shackled for his own safety in Bedlam, the London lunatic asylum. He is comforted by Sarah Young, the poor girl that he had seduced with a