M0008974: Hogarth's "The Rake's Progress"; plate VIII

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Hogarth's The Rake's Progress; scene at Bedlam.

Engraving by T. Cook after William Hogarth from 1735 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: M0008973, V0016644

17 December 1943

4 photographs 2 sheet film negatives and 2 photographic prints; range in size from 9 x 11 cm to 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 20042i

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 2020.

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