A Harlot's Progress of six prints to subscribers for a Guinea. Pirate copies of the engravings were soon in circulation, and Hogarth procured a 1735 Act of Parliament (8 Geo. II. cap. 13) to prohibit the practice. Soon after, Hogarth published his second series of satirical and moralistic images, "A Rake's Progress", followed ten years later by "Marriage à-la-mode". The original paintings were destroyed in a fire at Fonthill House in 1755, the country house of William Beckford (1709–1770), a politician and father of William Thomas Beckford (1 October 1760 – 2 May 1844) builder of Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire. The original plates
William S. Rukeyser William S. Rukeyser William S. Rukeyser (born 1939) is an American journalist who was the founding managing editor of "Money" magazine and managing editor of "Fortune". From its founding in 1998 until 2009 Rukeyser was editorial director of "Corporate Board Member" magazine, aimed at the directors of public companies. He also has appeared on television as a financial commentator on CNN Financial News and ABC. He is the son of the late financial journalist Merryle S. Rukeyser and the younger brother of the late financial journalist and commentator Louis Rukeyser of "Wall Street Week" fame. Rukeyser attended Princeton University, graduating