A Rake's Progress eight paintings - eleven plates of 130 × 200 cm (50 x 80 inches) accompanied as by Hogarth of a series of copper engravings reproducing the same themes. 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
Michael Rake Michael Rake Sir Michael Derek Vaughan Rake (born 17 January 1948) is a British businessman, former chairman of BT Group, chairman of Worldpay and a director of S&P Global. He served as president of the CBI from 2013 until 2015. Rake was born in Rugby on 17 January 1948, the son of Derek Shannon Vaughan Rake and Rosamond née Barrett. He went to prep school in Devon, followed by Wellington College. He qualified as a chartered accountant. He joined KPMG in 1974, and worked in continental Europe before transferring to the Middle East to run the practice for three years