This universal tale led to other adaptions, with A Rake's Progress becoming a ballet and inspiring an opera. The work of English painter, satirist and cartoonist William Hogarth (1697-1764) provided social and moral comment on contemporary city life in the eighteenth century. Wright of Derby, A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery. This is the currently selected item. Hogarth, A Rake's Progress. Hogarth produced A Rake's Progress in 1735 and the series was to be one of Hogarth first successes in the new genre of modern morality paintings. Thomas Gainsborough, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. This set was created as male alternative to 'A Harlot's Progress' which Hogarth created a few years previously.

William Hogarth, A Rake’s Progress, plate 8, “The Madhouse,” 1735, engraving on paper, 35.5 x 31 cm Bedlam The stresses of the previous scene have proven to be more than Tom can bear and in the final scene he is found languishing in bedlam—London’s notorious … William Hogarth, Marriage A-la-Mode (including Tête à Tête) Practice: Hogarth, Marriage a la Mode.