Copy of a room in the fleet prison; tom sits at a table, to left, on which is a rejection letter from john rich to whom he has submitted a play; his wife clenches her fists, the gaoler asks for garnish money and a boy asks payment for a tankard of ale; to left, sarah young has fainted and is being administered smelling salts by one woman while another slaps her hand, her child clings to her skirt; she is supported by an older man with a beard who has dropped a sheet containing a scheme for paying the national debt (a reference to such a scheme put forward by hogarth's father); in the background an alchemist works at a forge; with decorative border on either side; after hogarth. Hand-coloured aquatint with etching. Date: 1735-1785 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 310 mm (trimmed); Width: 373 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Rich. Collection: British Museum. A Rake's Progress, Plate 7 (BM 1942,0929.9)
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