A Rake's Progress; plate VII of VIII mb-width 3229 son of Bacchus and Circe

son of Bacchus and Circe

from the point near Gray's Inn and Staple Inn where bars had stood to mark the western extremity of the City of London

while her more handsome lover slips quietly out of the room

One of the spectators is on crutches carrying a pile of boxes on which are listed six of the street cries from the series

A Rake's Progress; plate VII of VIII mb-width 3229 son of Bacchus and Circe'A Rake's Progress', 1735; plate VII of VIII. Tom Rakewell is confined to Fleet Prison, London, for debt, and being harangued by his wife. On the table next to him is the manuscript for a play he has written to try to make some money and a rejection letter. To the left of the room Sarah Young has fainted and a woman with smelling salts tries to revive her. Fourth and final state of plate.