A Rake's Progress; plate VII of VIII mb-width 3229 with a ruined tower standing

with a ruined tower standing above on a rocky outcrop

View of Hampstead Heath

to mark the Golden Jubilee of King George III

One of the spectators is on crutches carrying a pile of boxes on which are listed six of the street cries from the series

'Any Baking Pears'

A Rake's Progress; plate VII of VIII mb-width 3229 with a ruined tower standing'A Rake's Progress', 1735; plate VII of VIII. Tom Rakewell is confined to Fleet Prison, London, for debt, and being harangued by his wife. On the table next to him is the manuscript for a play he has written to try to make some money and a rejection letter. To the left of the room Sarah Young has fainted and a woman with smelling salts tries to revive her. Fourth and final state of plate.