A Rake's Progress A Rake's Progress A Rake's Progress is a series of eight paintings by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in 1732–34, then engraved in 1734 and published in print form in 1735. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant, who comes to London, wastes all his money on luxurious living, prostitution and gambling, and as a consequence is imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and ultimately Bethlem Hospital (Bedlam). The original paintings are in the collection of Sir John Soane's Museum in London, where they are
Georgian State Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema and Choreography and 17th-century Persian miniatures, 18th-century French engravings, and the best examples of the old style of Tbilisi painting. The museum boasts the paintings and graphics of Léon Bakst, Alexander Benua, Fernand Liege, David Kakabadze, Lado Gudiashvili, Elene Akhvlediani, Peter Otskheli, and Irakli Parjiani. The museum houses three paintings by Iakob Nikoladze, a founder of the realistic trend in Georgian sculpture and People's Artist of the USSR (1876-1951). Nikoladze's portrait of Vladimir Aleksi - Meskhishvili, a Georgian theatre actor and director (1857-1920), is worthy of note. Nikoladze had to make the bust of Meskhishvili in 1940 to coincide its unveiling with