The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets. The Rake's Progress. Plate VIII. The Rake in a Madhouse, by Hogarth, 1697

The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets. The Rake's Progress. Plate VIII. The Rake in a Madhouse, by Hogarth.

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William Hogarth 1697 - 1764.

The Rake's Progress. Plate VII. The Rake in a Debtor's Prison. 1735.

	Hogarth first achieved fame as an artist through his series of moralistic engravings, commencing with A Harlot's Progress in 1731. This was followed by A Rake's Progress in 1735, Marriage à-la-mode in 1743-5 and Industry and Idleness in 1747 . Originally the sets of pictures were oil paintings which Hogarth subsequently published as engravings. They met with huge success and many copies were printed. The original paintings of A Rake's Progress are extant and are displayed in Sir John Soane's Museum, London.

	Rakewell loses his mind and is conveyed to Bedlam, the hospital for lunatics built outside the city walls and overlooking Moorfields. It was a popular resort of fashionable London sightseers for more than a century, and here we observe two well dressed ladies who have come to amuse themselves with the unfortunates who imagine themselves to be kings, popes, astronomers, musicians. Rakewell is being looked after by his devoted sweetheart, Sarah Young, but there seems little hope for him. He has lost everything and lies semi-naked and helpless. Nothing will save him now. It is said that this series was not as successful as the previous Harlot's Progress for critics felt that the Rake's decline and fall was exaggerated and was of rare occurrence in real life. Nevertheless as a portrayal of the hidden life of the times it is an incomparable record.

The Rake's Progress. Plate VIII. The Rake in a Madhouse.

William Hogarth

British Artist and Engraver

The Rake's Progress. Plate VIII. The Rake in a Madhouse.

Engraving, published 1735

Source: Hogarth's Works published by J. Dicks, 313 The Strand, London. Circa 1880.

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The Rake's Progress. Plate I. The Inheritance.	The Rake's Progress. Plate II. The Levée.	The Rake's Progress. Plate III. The Orgy at the Rose Tavern.	The Rake's Progress. Plate IV. The Arrest for Debt.


The Rake's Progress. Plate V. The Marriage.	The Rake's Progress. Plate VI. Ruin at the Gaming Table.	The Rake's Progress. Plate VII. The Debtor's Prison.	The Rake's Progress. Plate VIII. The Rake in a Madhouse.

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The Rake's Progress. Plate VIII. The Rake in a Madhouse.

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Start here with the first sonnet		First line index	Sonnets 1 - 50		Some links to other sites
	Text facsimiles		Sonnets 51 - 100
General notes for background details, general policies etc.	Other related texts of the period		Sonnets 101 - 154	For a global search use all the sonnets as plain text 1-154 or use the first line index.	If you have enjoyed this web site, please visit its companion - Pushkin's Poems
Map of the site
	Views of London as it was in 1616.		London Bridge As it was in Shakespeare's day, circa 1600.		To search for a line or phrase in the sonnets go to the sonnets as plain text and use the browser text search engine.

Sonnets 1 - 50		Back to home page
Sonnets 51 - 100		If you have enjoyed this web site, please visit its companion - Pushkin's Poems
Sonnets 101 - 154		If you wish to comment on this site please refer to details on the home page.
		Copyright ©of this site belongs to Oxquarry Books Ltd