A Rake's Progress, plate III of VIII violence Satire alluding to the concern

Satire alluding to the concern of the City about possible loss of its ancient privileges by the Royal Commission on Municipal Corporations

Third and final state of plate

Boys bathing in a sluice on the Grand Union Canal

the Port of London Authority has responsibility for the Tideway of the River Thames

A Rake's Progress, plate III of VIII violence Satire alluding to the concern'A Rake's Progress', 1735, plate III of VIII. Tom Rakewell is in the Rose Tavern, on Drury Lane, London, being relieved of his pocket watch by two women. Behind them a group of figures sit at a table drinking, whilst a woman disrobes in the foreground. To the right a waiter enters with a street singer.