Vintage 1958 Hogarth "The Rake's Progress" Art Print
GOLDEN RULE GALLERY VINTAGE ART
A 1958 reproduction of William Hogarth's The Rake's Progress: III, The Orgy (1735).
Tavern Scene or The Orgy is the third picture from the series A Rake's Progress.
A Rake's Progress totals eight oil paintings from 1732 to 1733. They were published as engravings from 1734. The series depicts the fictional Tom Rakewell's decline and fall. He was the free spending son and heir of a rich merchant. In the story, he comes to London, wasting his money on luxurious life, buying the services of prostitutes and gambling. He ends up in Fleet Prison, and finally at the Bethlem Hospital, or Bedlam
Print from a 1958 Metropolitan Seminars in Art volume.
12.5" x 9.5" unframed
