Going to Court He's Arrested at St. James's Gate, William Hogarth, 1735

Piracy of plate iv of hogarth's rake's progress with considerable differences: a scene in st james's street with the rake (here named ramble) emerging from a sedan-chair to be arrested for debt; figures in the foreground include a welshman, probably the creditor, honouring st david's day (march 1st) with a leek in his hat, "nanny" offering a handful of money to reprieve her former lover, and a lamp-lighter carelessly spilling oil on the rake's coat; in the distance to left, a group of street-boys point to "taffy", a mannikin, perched on a lamp-post, and beyond the gate of st james's palace; later impression. 1735 etching. Date: 1735. Dimensions: Height: 263 mm (trimmed). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Going to Court He's Arrested at St. James's Gate (BM 1878,0914.7)