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In the first two paintings in the series Hogarth paints pictures showing high fashionable society, with the tailors, musicians and riders. The second painting has men dressed in expensive costumes. A wild party in the third and a picture of a gambling house in the sixth shows another, seedier aspect of English society at the time, while the fourth, seventh and eighth paintings (showing arrest, prison and bedlam, respectively) give a glimpse of the world of Law Enforcement and institutions. Disturbing are some of the details such as the fashionably dressed women in the last painting who have come to the asylum during the day as a social occasion. The original paintings can be seen in the painting room at the Soane Museum in London. The Libretto of '' The Rake's Progress '', written by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman to a score by Igor Stravinsky , is loosely based on the story from Hogarth's paintings. David Hockney created his own version of the Rake's Progress in 1961 as a print edition and has also done stage designs for the Stravinsky Opera. |
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