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Tom Rakewell is arrested for debt on his way to the Royal Court to seek preferment when he is saved by Sarah Young. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
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Tom Rakewell is arrested for debt on his way to the Royal Court to seek preferment when he is saved by Sarah Young. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

William Hogarth · 1796

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: O vanity of youthfull blood so by misuse to poison good! Reason awakes and views unbar'd the sacred gates he watch'd to guard... Drawn by W. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook Pl. IV

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