Name: A Rake’s Progress. Plate 3. The Tavern Scene by William Hogarth
Location: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

A Rake’s Progress. Plate 3. The Tavern Scene by William Hogarth

William Hogarth A Rake’s Progress. Plate 3. The Tavern Scene 1735 Engraving. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1978

Art Bite

Past event

Meet in the exhibition

Join volunteer guide Allanah James as she discusses William Hogarth's 1735 engraving of A Rake’s Progress. Plate 3. The Tavern Scene in Out of Time on the first floor.

Art Bites are 30-minute lunchtime presentations on a single work on display, presented by our staff, guides and guest speakers.

There's a new Art Bite to enjoy each Friday at 12 noon (except during public and school holidays).

Related reading: Free event

Out of Time

Experience the storytelling power of art.

William Hogarth Tavern Scene Plate III From The Rakes Progress

Making artful comment on the moral shortcomings of eighteenth-century London society, William Hogarth completed A Rake’s Progress, a series of eight paintings, in 1734 before publishing them as popular engravings. In them Tom Rakewell, the prodigal central character, squanders his inheritance for a life of carnal pleasure, and is here already well along the trail to financial ruin and madness.

(Out of Time, 23 September 2023 – 28 April 2024)