[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker[25 June 1735]engA scene in Bedlam with Tom half-naked and in a state of distress attended by Sarah Young, a clergyman, and a warder; in the background, an inmate who believes himself to be God has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall. Two elegantly dressed female visitors whisper together, the one holding a fan against her face to shield from her view an inmate in a cell who believes he is King and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on his straw bed. The wall and the banister of a staircase to the right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitudeTitle, state and imprint from Paulson.Additional title from first lines of verse etched below image.Eighth scene in A rake's progress. See Paulson.After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.On page 77 in volume 1. Trimmed within plate mark: 34.6 x 39.7 cm.