A Rake's Progress

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William Hogarth, an English artist who is famous for his paintings and engravings that make fun of the English society. In 1733, he painted the comic strip A Rake’s Progress after the painting A Harlot’s progress (1730), which is another modern moral subject comic strip. A Rake’s Progress tells the story of the main character Tom Rakewell, who looses his moral after the collection of his father’s wealth. Rakewell’s story is presented in a series of eight paintings: The Heir, The Levee, The Orgy, The Arrest, The Marriage, The Gaming House, The Prison, and The Madhouse. Each of the painting represents a different stage of Rakewell’s life. For example, in the first stage, The Heir, Rakewell collects all this father’s money and is trying to
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