A Rake's Progress; plate VIII of VIII mb-height 4284 view of the River Thames

view of the River Thames and the banks at Fulham

In the foreground figures can be seen gathered round a fire while a horse and rider gallop past on the road

Shoreditch

All present are standing

'Pritty Maids

A Rake's Progress; plate VIII of VIII mb-height 4284 view of the River Thames'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