M0013877: The Rake's Progress: plate VIII

Previous title, replaced January 2022: An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically gra

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

January 1955

3 photographs sheet film negative, photographic prints; range in size from 9 x 10.5 cm to 10 x 12.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 20040i

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.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.