A Rake's Progress, Plate 8, William Hogarth, 1735

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 man wearing a wig 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 and the name of a well-known prostitute, betty careless. 1735 etching and engraving. Date: 1735. Dimensions: Height: 353 mm; Width: 404 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Betty Careless. Collection: British Museum. A Rake's Progress, Plate 8 (BM 1868,0822.1536)