A Rake's Progress, Plate 8, William Hogarth, 1763

A scene in bedlam (after the painting at sir john soane's museum) with tom half-naked and in a state of distress attended by sarah young, a clergyman and a warder; in the background, other inmates (including one who believes himself to be god and has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall, and another who believes he is king and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on to his straw bed) and two female visitors; the wall and the banister of a staircase to right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude, an image of the reverse of a coin, lettered "britannia/1763", and the name of a well-known prostitute, betty careless. 1735; this impression 1763 or later etching and engraving. Date: 1763. Dimensions: Height: 355 mm; Width: 407 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Betty Careless. Collection: British Museum. A Rake's Progress, Plate 8 (BM S,2.49)