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  • Casting his contract into the sea, Tom Idle in a rowing boat heads towards a sailing ship past a point of land with four windmills and a prominent gibbet. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
  • An old woman, the prude, is standing near a crowd of people huddled around a bonfire in Covent Garden; representing the morning. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Thomas Coram. Line engraving by E. Smith after W. Hogarth.
  • Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms, below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth, 1739.
  • The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • A dishevelled Tom Rakewell in the gambling house, the obsessed gamblers are unaware of a fire breaking out in the wainscoting. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Francis Goodchild, now Sheriff of London, and his wife, framed by a sword and mace, preside over a grand banquet. Sitting at a table in the foreground various dignitaries gorge themselves contrasting with the poor petitioners waiting at the door. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1796.
  • Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms, below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth, 1739.
  • Henry VIII holding the hand of Ann Boleyn; Cardinal Wolsey sits by the throne on the right, Katherine of Aragon in the background. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth, 1804.
  • A scene of destruction with an overturned coach, screaming people and a bonfire; representing night. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • A crowd of spectators wait as Tom Idle is driven in a cart with his coffin to his place of execution and the gallows. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
  • The council in hell: the fallen angels, persuaded by Satan, decide to pursue the battle against God. Etching by J. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • Detail of an audience at a cockfight with a man lighting his pipe. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.
  • A paternity suit: in a courtroom, a judge, a guilty looking woman, an enraged wife, and the supposed father. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Left, Perseus cuts off the head of Medusa; right, Perseus rescues Andromeda. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.
  • The distressed poet. An angry milkmaid is collecting money from the poet's abode. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Tom Idle and Francis Goodchild, once colleagues meet at a session of the court of justice; Idle is a pleading defendant while Goodchild wearing the furred robe and chain of an alderman is the acting magistrate. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth.
  • An audience at a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.
  • The comedian James Spiller is selling tickets under a giant set of scales which is weighing the actor's debts against his proceeds from theatre tickets. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.
  • French troops loading a ship for the invasion of England. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Tom Rakewell is arrested for debt on his way to the Royal Court to seek preferment when he is saved by Sarah Young. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • The procession of Francis Goodchild, Lord Mayor of London, in an elegant ceremonial coach, watched by a crowd on the ground and Frederick, Prince of Wales, with his consort, on a balcony. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
  • Recruitment and measurement of soldiers outside a village inn. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Squanderfield fatally wounded by a rapier leans back as his wife kneels before him; Silvertongue in his nightgown hastily escapes through a window. Engraving by Simon François Ravenet after William Hogarth, 1745.
  • Southwark Fair, a renowned place of amusement, with a variety of theatrical establishments. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Tom Rakewell in a cell in the Fleet Prison. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Tom Rakewell's morning levee (his nightcap is still on his head). Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1798, after W. Hogarth.
  • Thomas Bambridge, warden of the Fleet prison, before a committee of the House of Commons visiting the prisons. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • A detail of a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.