'A Rake's Progress', 1735; plate IV of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth

'A Rake's Progress', 1735; plate IV of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth

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'A Rake's Progress', 1735; plate IV of VIII. Tom Rakewell, heads for a royal levee at St James's Palace, London, in his sedan chair. He is stopped by two bailiffs, who arrest him for debt. Sarah Young, a seamstress, holds back one of the bailiffs and profers a bag of money to bail the rake out.

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