Alternative Miss World

Andrew Logans Alternative Miss World

What is the Alternative Miss World?Started in 1972, The Alternative Miss World is not about beauty - it's about transformation - and when it comes to costume absolutely anything goes. Like the real Miss World there is day wear, swim-wear and evening wear and the all important personality interview! But Logan refuses to let anyone rehearse, and anything can - and often does - happen.It's about creative free-reign, about the ordinary becoming extraordinary. Contestants over the years have been famous and infamous, celebrated and unknown, a parade of freaks, fops, show offs and drag queens... including Andrew's many friends and family! The climax is a tear stained coronation with Logan's dazzling Crown Jewels made of broken mirrors.

Just a few quick design ideas for the Rakes Progress poster project. I wanted to do my poster around the prostitutes in the gambling scene.

Reflecting on todays textiles session

In todays textiles session I worked on doing more design ideas for Sarah in a Rakes Progress, I started off by working really expreimentally using collarge and making them look visually interesting. I was using things such as parcel paper, news paper, bits from magazines, foil, sitching on the sewing machine, cartridge paper and tissue paper. After experimenting with drawing over the paper I started drawing over fabric or drawing an eighteenth century dress then putting the fabric diagonally down it to show what the dress would be made out of.
For the second half of todays session I decided to work on a mood board and putting loads of diffent designs together, i worked in permanent marker of magazine cut outs of models so i drew the dress over what the model was already wearing, this worked because it shows that some styles have stayed and its both moder and contemporary.
Next lesson on friday i need to refine my fashion drawings and choose a design and do some variations of that design.
I am also going to try to draw the dresses on people instead of mannequins.

Kelly Moore.
I stumbled across this artist whilst doing some reasearch into life drawing, this isnt really relivent to my work at the moment but I really love how his work is so raw and free. He is a self taught expressionist artist and has had no formal training. He uses collarge in his work which gives it a differnent effect. I like that he paints outside of the line that he has already drawn and that you can see the canvas/wood underneath the paint.

In my life drawing sessions I have noticed that I avoid drawing the hands and feet. I tent to just draw the legs and the torso and then just pencil in the hands and feet lightly and then smudge the background. I need to work on drawing the hands and feet because it is very noticeable that there is something missing. This also applies to my fashion drawings in textiles and costume.

Here are a few tutorials that i found on you tube and have watched. Next life drawing session I am going to focus on drawing the hands and feet in a simple way and then add shading once ive mastered the shape and then hopefully my drawings will start to look better and fuller.

How to draw feet

In the end I want some of the worksheets to look life this.
I am also going to time myself as I'm drawing.

Documentary on Alternative Miss World

Contestants

A link onto the guardians website for Alternative Miss World

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2009/may/01/alternative-miss-world-andrew-logan

Large Rakes Progress painting

As a group we did a large mixed media painting of a Rakes Progress showing the gambling scene. The painting is made up of charcoal on the background to make it dark, to make the background dark we used words such as "disease" and "sex" over and over again to build up the darkness. To get the silhouette of the characters we drew around each other and also made the costume for Tom so that he was the focal point of the piece. Objects such as string were added for the harp and things for the frames of the paintings. The paintings are of Roman emperors, one is perfect and the others have their faces slashed so you cant see them properly. We highlighted the emperor with a golden frame which does stand out on the painting. 

 I took photographs of the painting and edited it in photoshop. I wanted the image to seem surreal and like it was all just a bad dream to Tom when really it was his life. I distorted the image by adding waves and making the figures look ghostly but i think it would have worked better if I had took the yellow tones out first.

The image in negative so that the figures are in black. This is supposed to suggest that they are up to no good and that there is a certain darkness about them. I like the odd spots of blue as they stand out.

Close up of a section of the painting. We used glitter in some of the paint because the glitter represents the cheap nature of the scene as they are in a brothel surrounded by prostitutes and they are gambling. I wish I had done an image about the fire that is starting in the background but none of the characters seem to notice.

Life drawing.

At first it took me quite a while to get back into doing life drawing, I found it difficult to get all of the models body into perportion but after doing a few sessions I am finding it easier and I think I have improved compared to last year. I have toned down my drawings so they are not as expressive and they are more controlled. I am also working on defining the shadow and light and dark areas on the body.

This was my first drawing of todsays session, I drew the models legs too short so I knew that this is what I needed to work on with my next drawing. I wanted the attention to be on the model and I didnt want to draw the chair but if I did it would have looked like she was floating.

Todays second drawing. I tried working on getting the tones to stand out more.

Personal Statement

I am currently studying the BTEC Foundation in Art and Design after enjoying the subject at school and achieving a grade B in my GCSE and doing the BTEC Extended Diploma and achieving a triple distinction.

For as long as I can remember, I have loved art. I have always had art as a part of my life and I will continue to do so. To me, art makes everything exciting, brighter and less mundane.  Art, is everywhere. This is why I decided that as well as enjoying art in my spare time, I wanted to develop my skills and study it further.

A big part of my work is developing other areas such as sculpture and costume into a way that I enjoy it. I experiment a lot with different materials and I feel like doing the extra year on the foundation course has expanded my contextual knowledge and knowledge of materials. My drawing skills have also grown and I have developed an unusual way of conveying my design ideas. I enjoy working in different medias, I particularly love working with charcoal and paint, I enjoy the freedom of these medias and I can express myself in a unique way and be loose with my work. Painting is my main subject area and this is where I believe my strengths lie, with paint I feel like I can create any mood, emotion and situation and I can create the most tones and texture. I think a particular strong point of my work is my mark making skills and I can bring a painting to life and give it a feel of movement.  Another project that I believe has brought my skills out was the dreams project. I have done some charity work at Carlton Youth Centre in Worksop, I did some paintings on the walls and this was recognised in the local newspaper.

I have chosen fine art because my own creativity is not limited. Fine art allows me to be free and also gives me the scope to build upon my own style and develop my ideas in many different ways. Particular artists that have influenced my work are Leon Kossoff and Franz Marc. These two artists work in a similar way to me, both are expressionist painters with a loose style of working and both use similar mark making techniques.

I have enjoyed my time in further education and I am ready to go onto degree level. I am enthusiastic and ready to accept the exciting challenges ahead and the experiences that university will bring.

Andrew Logan

Andrew Logan (born 1945) is an English sculptor, performance artist, jewellery-maker, portraitist and painter.
He was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, in England. He was educated as an architect at the Oxford School of Architecture, graduating in 1970. As the founder of the Alternative Miss World in 1972 (which he continues to run) he became a key figure in London's cultural and fashion life. He notably influenced film-maker Derek Jarman, whose early film-making work documented the social scene around Andrew Logan and his studios at Butler's Wharf, London. His studios were also where Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood staged the notorious "Valentine's Ball" in 1976, at which the Sex Pistols first came to media attention.
In 1991 a major retrospective of his work was held at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. The purpose-built Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture, at Berriew in the Welsh Marches, now houses much of his sculpture and painting. It is the nation's only museum devoted to a living artist. His work is also in numerous museums and private collections around the world.
Since the early Nineties, Andrew Logan has continued to exhibit his sculptures and jewellery all over the world including Saint Petersburg in Russia, Lithuania, India, Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and Mexico. His work has been shown in and commissioned by international galleries, including the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, the Flower East Gallery in London, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Hayward Gallery, Bonhams, the National Portrait Gallery, Sotheby in London, the Royal Academy of Arts, and Somerset House.
In London, he has exhibited in diverse venues, including Trafalgar Square, in the foyer of Sadler's Wells Theatre and in West End cinemas. His lifesize horse sculptures, Pegasus 1 and 11 were displayed at Heathrow Airport, and his 'Icarus' sculpture hangs in Guy's Hospital. The P & O Superliner Arcadia commissioned him to sculpt his Cosmic Eggs (8 ft. tall), and his Mermaid Chandelier was exhibited at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, USA.
In the new millennium, Andrew Logan created jewelled sculptures for The Magic Flute opera in San Diego. In 2004, Andrew Logan's eleventh Alternative Miss World contest was held at the Hippodrome in London. He went on to give an Art workshop at the Jaipur Heritage Festival in India.
Andrew Logan is also a qualified yoga teacher and gave a Presentation of Yoga art show in London. He then did a jewellery presentation with Emmanuel Ungaro in Paris.
In 2007, Andrew Logan continues to be prolific, diversifying his talent in all mediums. In May, he was invited to be part of the jury for a children's beauty contest in Sochi. In July, his jewellery was auctioned at Halls Fine Art in Shrewsbury. In August, he was invited by Comme des Garçons to Tokyo and Kyoto for their catwalk show, which was inspired by his style and jewellery. He was asked to decorate a guitar for a high profile charity auction held in London. In August, he was invited to participate in three events in The Big Draw: he collaborated with Zandra Rhodes on The Big Picture Frame at the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, he gave a presentation of his watercolours in The Newsroom at The Guardian and in Covent Garden.
In December 2007, Andrew Logan attended a dinner party at Zandra Rhodes' penthouse which was filmed by a London-based photographer Ben Charles Edwards, entitled Eat Your Chiffon.
Andrew Logan's work blends camp pop-art and neo-romanticism to form a quintessentially English 'eccentricity of vision'.

Useful link for research on 18th century fashion

http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/0-9/18th-century-fashion/

Sheffield Hallam Fine Art

BA (Honours) Fine Art

Three years full-time

UCAS code • W102

Location • City Campus
Subject area • Art and design
Related subjects • Media artsAt a glance

Learn how to develop exciting approaches to your fine art practice, as well as the ability to operate as a professional artist, on a course with a reputation for graduates who are successful in the cultural industries. You can take advantage of the latest creative facilities, studios and workshops and learn from fine art tutors who are nationally and internationally renowned artists.

Key points• Develop an art practice that is exciting, current and critically aware.
• Benefit from tutors who are practising artists of national and international renown.
• Develop skills using the excellent range of workshops, studios and facilities available.
• Prepare for an artistic career within the cultural industries with practical, theoretical and professional modules.
What is fine art?Fine art is a subject that forms relationships with many different areas of knowledge including making technologies, media (for example painting, sculpture, photography, video, performance), research practices and arenas of dissemination (such as exhibiting), while maintaining an essential relationship to fine art as an historic and contemporary discourse. Critically engaged with the world, fine art asks questions without a need to provide answers.

This course

Explore all aspects of contemporary art practice on this dynamic and exciting course, with its long history of producing students who are successful within the cultural industries.
We encourage you to consider and question existing art practices while developing your own approaches, helping you to quickly become self-directed and independent. You are encouraged to take creative risks and to experiment with different media, all within the context of the contemporary art world.
You develop your understanding of the relationship between the process of making and the context of showing by exhibiting your work and reflecting on your own and others’ work. The study of art context and theory constitutes a key part of the course, as does developing your ability to operate as a professional artist.
Our dedicated team of fine art tutors are all practising artists of national and international repute. Academic excellence is also supported by a large team of experienced technical specialists.
As a student at the Sheffield Institute of Arts, you have access to a huge range of creative resources to experiment and engage with. You can take advantage of facilities such as • dedicated studios • state-of-the-art hardware and software • TV, film and photography studios • a creative media centre • performance spaces • a gallery • well-equipped workshops • 3D printing for rapid prototyping.
The course has a simple structure with three modules a year. These are developed at each level, offering increasing levels of challenge as the course progresses.
The studio module asks that you spend the majority of your time devoted to making and developing work in our dedicated studios.
The art context and theory module supports this by developing your critical understanding and awareness.
The professional art practice module supports and develops your professional skills to help you operate within the cultural industries.
Throughout the course there are field trips to galleries and events nationally and internationally. Year two also offers the opportunity of an exchange with an institution in Europe, America or Australia under the Erasmus scheme.
We also run a weekly lecture programme showcasing invited artists of international standing.
Key areas of studyPractical workshops can include • drawing • installation • painting • performance • photography • printmaking • sculpture • artists publications • film and video • electronic and digital media • sound.

Working on my fashion drawings and how I can make them look more interesting.

Here is a drawing that I spent quite abit of time on, I spent in all about an hour on this drawing. Firstly I stained the paper witth tea to make it look old/antique. I started off by draing a simple jacket and dress, I was aming to make them look like 18th century clothing but as I added the shadows they began to look modern. I was experimenting with what i could do with time and how i can make my drawings more intesting by putting them on differnt backgrounds such as the tea stained. I was also thinking about doing some fashion drawings on music sheets.

 

 Experimenting with time.

10 minute drawing.

 

Drawing over trhe top of a collage of material and magazines.

 

Quick 5 minute drawings.

 

These were quick 10 second drawings. 

 

 

 

Designs for Sarahs dress in a Rakes Progress

BA (Honours) Creative Art Practice Sheffield Hallam

At a glance

Prepare for a career as an artist or practitioner in the creative industries on a course led by professional artists. You have access to well-equipped facilities that allow you to experiment with everything from printmaking to digital technologies. And there are opportunities to gain work experience through placements and public exhibitions.

Key points• Benefit from the advice of professional artists.
• Experiment with a range of media using our well-equipped workshops.
• Develop your professional knowledge alongside theory and studio time.
• Develop a professional portfolio of completed and exhibited work.
What is creative art practice?Art is a subject that forms relationships with many different areas of knowledge such as making technologies and media (for example painting, sculpture, photography, video and performance), research practices and the showcasing of work (for example exhibiting).
Critically engaged with the world, fine art asks questions without a need to provide answers.

This course

Engage with all aspects of making and contemporary debate on this rich and demanding course. You explore traditional methods of making visual arts and are supported and encouraged to engage with new ideas and theories.
This course is ideal for you if you have an independent mind, a deep interest in skills-based art-making, and you’re working to develop a strong identity in your own art practice.
Exploring traditional and contemporary art making processes, you gain skills in 2D and 3D art forms ranging from painting and illustration to casting.
One of the key aspects of the course is the creative freedom you have to work in a range of practice areas. You can take advantage of a range of modern and well-equipped facilities including those for • woodworking • metalworking • printmaking • photography • the latest digital technologies.
You develop your understanding of the relationship between the process of making and the context of showing by exhibiting your work.
The course has a simple structure with three modules a year. These are developed at each level, offering increasing levels of challenge as the course progresses.
The studio module asks that you spend the majority of your time devoted to making and developing work in our dedicated studios, in specific locations or in the workshops.
The art context module focuses on art context and theory, culminating in a short dissertation, seminar or placement report in the third year.
The professional art practice module supports and develops your professional skills to help you operate within the cultural industries.
You learn from a teaching team who are artists that exhibit nationally and internationally. They support you as you develop the confidence and skills to express yourself and to communicate your ideas.
We run a guest speaker programme and give you opportunities to exhibit your work. You also have the chance to gain professional experience in the wider cultural arts sector through internships, professional practice and mentoring schemes in galleries, such as S1 Artspace and Site Gallery. We also have strong links with regional and international arts organisations, such as the Venice Biennale and Tate.
Key areas of studyStudy focuses around the three areas of • studio • art context • professional art practice.

http://www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/radar/andrew-logan-alternative-miss-world

 

If the regular Miss World is all breast-enhanced pageant queen careerists, thenAndrew Logan's Alternative brings innovation, fun and democracy to the fore. It is the everywoman (and man) contest with a focus on style, dignity and imagination. Emily Hobbs visited Andrew Logan's studio to talk to him about last minute preparations for the 2009 event.

In just under two weeks’ time, the next Alternative Miss World will be crowned at the Roundhouse in Camden and the collective dreams of frustrated pageant queens everywhere will be realised. For Alternative Miss World is a competition for everyman - housewife, teacher, taxman and vicar; whether gay or straight; whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, each has a shot at the title. Previous winners have included a 75 year old Russian woman – (hobbies: smoking, drinking and dancing), and a robot.

 

The Pater Familias of the Alternative Miss World event, and general hostess with the most-ess, is the sculptor and artist Andrew Logan whose mission, he declares, is "to give enjoyment and pleasure to others through quirky, humorous and extravagant mementoes." And boy, does he deliver on that mission. There is no memento bigger or more extravagant than the Alternative Miss World legacy. Since the first show in an old jigsaw factory in Hackney in 1972, it has grown into an event with an international reputation.

When asked why he started hosting the Alternative Miss World event Logan replies simply, “I love throwing parties”. He calls it a "surreal art event for all-round family entertainment". While it may be accurate to describe the event as ‘alternative’, it is not niche or exclusive, nor does it have an agenda or mandate other than to show-off and have a bloody good time.

The inclusive spirit of Alternative Miss World means it attracts all types of contestants. “My sister has entered every one," says Logan. “My brother’s done a few. I have a friend who entered the first one in 1972 and is doing it again for the second time this year. At the last one in 2004 we had Norman Rosenthal from the Royal Academy – he’d wanted to do it for years.”

The running order is loosely based on a beauty contest with the usual categories of daywear, swimwear and eveningwear with what Logan calls the "oh-so-important interview" (“What I really want is world peace…”). But rather than measuring the contestants on their vital statistics and where they are on the fake-tan Richter scale of orange, the whole thing is judged on just three elements: poise, personality and originality.

Aside from this liberal approach to scoring, it’s hard to outline any more detailed criteria for judging the contestants because until the curtain rises on the night, no one present – judge or audience member – knows what to expect.

 

“All I know about this year’s show is that Miss Donna Maria – the maypole queen of the UK – will be there with her troupe”, says Logan. “There will be a maypole there too and a performance based around the Mayday ritual and the rite of Spring.”

“That’s the joy of not knowing”, he says. “On the evening I’m as surprised as everybody else because there are no rehearsals. It’s important we don’t do any so they [the contestants] literally just arrive. The stage is already set, and they just walk on and do their thing.”

 

“The reigning Alternative Miss World is a man who called himself ‘Miss Secret Sounds of Sunbird Rising'”, says Logan. “For his eveningwear he had on this dress with a big cage with live birds in it and he sang falsetto – the most amazing song in this extraordinary voice. The night he won, there were a lot of very theatrical women on the judging panel; people like Pat Quinn and Amanda Barrie. So it can be thrown by who’s judging and what they’re looking for”

The judges are all selected from a trusted circle of people who are involved in Logan’s life in various ways. “Sometimes I’ll get a phone call from an agent saying that a particular celebrity is interested in judging’, says Logan, “but I hate all that. I prefer it to be people I know. So this year we have Richard O’Brien, my great friend Zandra Rhodes and we also have Betty Mackintosh, who has been my bookkeeper and PA for almost 30 years. And Julian Clary, who hosted the last event, has agreed to come back this year as a judge.”

 

In his civilian incarnation as a sculptor, Logan takes great interest and care in creating all the Alternative Crown Jewels and winner’s thrones himself. Each event has a theme. The previous five were Water, Earth, Air, Fire and Void. This year combines them all under the umbrella of ‘Elements’. Preparations for AMW 2009 only began in earnest in September and were halted for a three-month winter hiatus in India. As we talk there are two assistants – fashion and textiles students – beavering away outside, sewing sequins and stitching fake fur trim onto the winner’s gown.

 

“Each time I do and Alternative Miss World, I say ‘never again’”, laughs Logan. Presumably it was the same story after 2004’s event, so what changed his mind? “The film”, he says. Ah yes, the film. During our interview I have been all too keenly aware of the camera lens trained on us. It follows Logan everywhere, throughout the preparations, documenting every detail down to the smallest rhinestone. What began as a much smaller project, with the intention of recording the 2004 Alternative Miss World party, has become a five-year investigation into the history of AMW as it relates to Logan’s work as an artist.

It will begin with the 2004 Alternative Miss World event and follow Logan over the five successive years, culminating in the AMW 2009. “I had to put on another one”, explains Logan, “otherwise there would have been no ending for the film!”.

 

The finished movie is slated for release in September this year and will do the rounds at the festivals. If you want a spoiler for the ending before that, then get down to the Roundhouse on 2 May and find out who the next Alternative Miss World will be.

 

The Alternative Miss World 2009 event takes place at The Roundhouse, Camden

http://alternativemissworld.co.uk/#/history/amw1972

EXPECT glitter, glamour, razzle, dazzle and all that jazz at The Roundhouse in London on May 2: Artist Andrew Logan returns with his Alternative Miss World contest and it promises to be a flamboyant affair.

"One of the unique points of this event is anything goes - it's everyone's kind of party," explains Logan, who launched the beauty contest in 1972 inviting hardcore exhibitionists to showcase their talents and compete for the coveted Alternative Miss World crown.
Promised "unexpected celebrity appearances" and "dancing girls", as well as "semi-naked boys" and "video art", this year the judging panel will be headed up by fashion heavyweights Celia Birtwell and Zandra Rhodes - among others - who will be judging in the categories of daywear, swimwear and eveningwear, dressing to the overall theme of the elements.



http://alternativemissworld.co.uk/#/history/amw1972

The engravings- A Rakes Progress

 A Rake's Progress - Plate 1 - The Young Heir Takes Possession Of The Miser's Effects


William Hogarth - A Rake's Progress - Plate 2 - Surrounded By Artists And Professors


A Rake's Progress - Plate 3 - The Tavern Scene


William Hogarth - A Rake's Progress - Plate 4 - Arrested For Debt


A Rake's Progress - Plate 5 - Married To An Old Maid

William Hogarth - A Rake's Progress - Plate 6 - Scene In A Gaming House


A Rake's Progress - Plate 7 - The Prison Scene


A Rake's Progress - Plate 8 - In The Madhouse

William Hogarth's A Rakes Progress

A Rake's Progress

 

This article is about the series of paintings by William Hogarth. For the Gavin Gordon-Ninette de Valois ballet, see The Rake's Progress (ballet). For Stravinsky's opera, see The Rake's Progress.

A Rake's Progress is a series of eight paintings by 18th century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in 1732–33, then engraved and published in print form in 1735. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant, who comes to London, wastes all his money on luxurious living, prostitution and gambling, and as a consequence is imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and ultimately Bethlem Hospitll, or Bedlam. The original paintings are currently in the collection of the Soane Museum in London.
The filmmaker Alan Parker has described the works as an ancestor to the storyboard.

Paintings

	In the first painting, Tom has come into his fortune on the death of his miserly father. While the servants mourn, he is being measured for new clothes. He is also rejecting the hand of his pregnant fiancée, Sarah Young, whom he had promised to marry (she is holding his ring and her mother is holding his love letters). He will pay her off, but it is clear that she still loves him.
	In the second painting, Tom is at his morning levée in London, attended by musicians and other hangers-on all dressed in expensive costumes. Surrounding Tom from left to right: a music master at a harpsichord, who was supposed to represent George Frideric Handel; a fencing master; a quarterstaff instructor; a dancing master with a violin; a landscape gardener Charles Bridgeman; an ex-soldier offering to be a bodyguard; a bugler of a fox hunt club. At lower right is a jockey with a silver trophy. The quarterstaff instructor looks disapprovingly on both the fencing and dancing masters. Both masters appear to be in the "French" style, which was a subject Hogarth loathed.
	The third painting depicts a wild party or orgy underway at a brothel. The whores are stealing the drunken Tom's watch. On the floor is a night watchman's staff and lantern. The scene takes place at the Rose Tavern, a famous brothel in Covent Garden. The prostitutes have black spots on their faces to cover syphilitic sores.
	In the fourth, he narrowly escapes arrest for debt by Welsh bailiffs (as signified by the leeks, a Welsh emblem, in their hats) as he travels in a sedan chair to a party at St. James's Palace to celebrate Queen Caroline's birthday on Saint David's Day (Saint David is the patron saint of Wales). On this occasion he is saved by the intervention of Sarah Young, the girl he had earlier rejected; she is apparently a dealer in millinery. In comic relief, a man filling a street lantern spills the oil on Tom's head. This is a sly reference to how blessings on a person were accompanied by oil poured on the head. In this case the "blessing" being the "saving" of Tom by Sarah, although Rakewell, being a rake, will not take the moral lesson to heart. In the engraved version, lighting flashes in the sky and a young pickpocket has just emptied Tom's pocket. The painting, however, shows the young thief stealing Tom's cane and has no lightning.
	In the fifth, Tom attempts to salvage his fortune by marrying a rich but aged and ugly old maid at St Marylebone. In the background Sarah arrives holding their child while her indignant mother struggles with a guest.
	The sixth painting shows Tom pleading for the assistance of the Almighty in a gambling den at Soho's White Club after losing his "new fortune." Neither he nor the other obsessive gamblers seem to have noticed a fire breaking out behind them.
	All is lost by the seventh painting, and Tom is incarcerated in the notorious Fleet debtor's prison. He ignores the distress of both his angry new (old) wife and faithful Sarah, who cannot help him this time. Both the beer-boy and the jailer demand money from him. Tom begins to go mad, as indicated by both a telescope for celestial observation poking out of the barred window and an alchemy experiment in the background. Beside Tom is a rejected play; another inmate is writing a pamphlet on how to solve the National debt. Above the bed at right is an apparatus for wings, which is more clearly seen in the engraved version at the left.
	Finally insane and violent, in the eighth painting he ends his days in Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam), London's celebrated mental asylum. Only Sarah Young is there to comfort him, but Rakewell continues to ignore her. While some of the details in these pictures may appear disturbing to modern eyes, they were commonplace in Hogarth's day. For example, the fashionably dressed women in this last painting have come to the asylum as a social occasion, to be entertained by the bizarre antics of the inmates.

"Later editions

Gavin Gordon wrote a 1935 ballet titled The Rake's Progress, based directly on Hogarth's paintings. It was choreographed by Ninette de Valois, designed by Rex Whistler, has been recorded several times, and remains in the repertoires of various ballet companies.
Igor Stravinsky's 1951 opera The Rake's Progress, with a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is loosely based on the story from Hogarth's paintings. In 1961, David Hockney created his own print edition version of The Rake's Progress and has also created stage designs for the Stravinsky Opera.
The 1946 RKO film Bedlam, produced by Val Lewton and directed by Mark Robson, was inspired by A Rake's Progress. Hogarth received a writing credit for the film.
The University of New Hampshire's Department of Theatre and Dance created a collaborative stage show titled "The Rake's Progress" in 2003, which, with 17 actors and actresses, provided an intensive study of the etchings."