Description

Barrels wait on the wharf

Figures on horseback and on foot walk through the park

View of the City of London across the River Thames from Southwark with a key to buildings and points on the river

View of old London Bridge

A Rake's Progress; plate I of VIII Size:Large: 7 x 5in Barrels wait on the wharf'A Rake's Progress', 1735; plate I of VIII. Tom Rakewell is taking possession of his miserly father's effects. Kneeling beside him is a tailor measuring him up for a new set of clothes, whilst the rake tries to buy off Sarah Young, who stands by the door crying and holding a wedding ring, with her angry mother next to her.

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