A Rake's Progress, Plate 6 1735

"A Rake's Progress, Plate 6" (1735) by William Hogarth depicts a chaotic scene of a gambling den. The central figure, the rake, is being thrown out of the establishment, having lost all his money. Hogarth's satirical engraving, part of a series chronicling the downfall of a young man through vice, highlights the moral decay of 18th-century England. The work is a powerful commentary on the dangers of gambling and the corrupting influence of wealth. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City houses this significant piece of English art history.