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Title
A Rake's Progress: 8 – The Rake in Bedlam
Date
1734
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 62.5 x W 75.2 cm
Accession number
SM P47
Acquisition method
purchased at the Fonthill sale, Christie's, 1802
Work type
Painting
Sir John Soane’s Museum
13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, Greater London WC2A 3BP England
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