Print: 'The Levee' by William Hogarth Sketch a ruined arch

a ruined arch

He left the house to the nation on his death in 1837

A general view of London

and the role of the model in the design process

Designed by illustrator Thea Mallorie

Print: 'The Levee' by William Hogarth Sketch a ruined archThe Levee is the second painting from Hogarth's A Rake's Progress series. Tom uses his inheritance to enter London society and is seen surrounded by those who seek his patronage, offering to teach him all of the accomplishments of a man of fashion. He is evidently spending his father's hoarded wealth recklessly. The eight paintings in William Hogarth's 'A Rake's Progress' tell the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who follows a path of vice and self