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Credit
M0013877: The Rake's Progress: plate VIII. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
M0013877: The Rake's Progress: plate VIII
- Date:
- January 1955
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/124/62
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced January 2022: An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically gra
Description
Engraving by T. Cook after William Hogarth, published in 1763, of the eighth scene from Hogarth's series of paintings "A Rake's Progress". The engraving depicts Tom Rakewell in Bethlem Hospital (Bedlam), a mental asylum. Related images: V0016645
Publication/Creation
January 1955
Physical description
3 photographs sheet film negative, photographic prints; range in size from 9 x 10.5 cm to 10 x 12.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 20040i
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Access Closed storesCan't be requested Note