A Rake's Progress, 3: The Tavern Scene A Rake's Progress, 3: The Tavern Scene Tavern Scene or "The Orgy" is a work by William Hogarth from 1735, the third picture from the series "A Rake's Progress". "A Rake's Progress" totals eight oil paintings from 1732-33. They were published as engravings from 1734. The series depicts the fictional Tom Rakewell's decline and fall. He was the free spending son and heir of a rich merchant. In the story, he comes to London, wasting his money on luxurious life, buying the services of prostitutes and gambling. He ends up in Fleet Prison, and finally at the Bethlem Hospital, or
John Trotter (painter) the "An Exhibition of 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Century Irish Paintings" at Gorry Gallery, and the "Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland" at the Irish Georgian Society in 2018, which displayed a work by Trotter from a private collection, "Portrait of an officer of an Irish Volunteer Regiment in a wooded landscape, holding a spontoon". John Trotter (painter) John Trotter (d. 1792) was an Irish artist and portrait painter. The first record of John Trotter appear in 1756, when his work was lauded by the "Hibernian Journal" while he was still a student in the Dublin Society's School. He spent