A Rake's Progress; plate VII of VIII mb-width 3229 Interior view of Russell

Interior view of Russell

try to pull on the breeches of a very stout man

while her more handsome lover slips quietly out of the room

from the point near Gray's Inn and Staple Inn where bars had stood to mark the western extremity of the City of London

'Any Baking Pears'

A Rake's Progress; plate VII of VIII mb-width 3229 Interior view of Russell'A Rake's Progress', 1735; plate VII of VIII. Tom Rakewell is confined to Fleet Prison, London, for debt, and being harangued by his wife. On the table next to him is the manuscript for a play he has written to try to make some money and a rejection letter. To the left of the room Sarah Young has fainted and a woman with smelling salts tries to revive her. Fourth and final state of plate.