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Tom Rakewell is getting married to a one-eyed elderly hunchback in the church of St. Mary le Bone. Engraving by T. Cooke after W. Hogarth.
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Tom Rakewell is getting married to a one-eyed elderly hunchback in the church of St. Mary le Bone. Engraving by T. Cooke after W. Hogarth.

William Hogarth · 1796

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: New to the school of hard mishap, driven from the ease of Fortune's lap, what shames will Nature not embrace, t'avoid less shame of lean distress?...Designed by Wm. Hogart. Engraved by T. Cook

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