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The Rake's Progress, red buckram covered sketch-book of working drafts for the 'Punch' series, with reproductions of the Hogarth series pasted in at the front and the published version of the 16 Searle cartoons pasted in subsequently. 1954-55 Pen and ink, unless stated otherwise Inside front cover & f1r: Eight small prints of Hogarth's series of the Rake's Progress pasted in with annotations by Searle, artist's signature F1v Page from Punch, February 3 1954, titled 'The Rakes's Progress: The Don by Ronald Searle' Tipped in: scrap of paper with the artist's headings in mss. for the Don's Progress... 'Modern Rake's Progress / typifying spiritual depravity / besotted with false ideas' F2r Six preliminary sketches for the 'Modern Rake's Progress' pasted in, with captions by the artist F2v & f3r Two pages of mss notes on subjects for further series of Rakes' Progresses: 'Poet /Musician / Lawyer etc' ; pasted-in graphite sketch of three men with a 'Caprice' menu, entitled 'invited… (See Merlin record for full description)
Reproduced by permission of the artist & the Sayle Literary Agency, Cambridge. © The Trustees of the British Museum
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