A Rake's Progress, plate III of VIII violence the Port of London Authority

the Port of London Authority has responsibility for the Tideway of the River Thames

Balcony with statues of the two giants Gog and Magog on either side of an ornate clock

Interior of the Haymarket Theatre

Satire alluding to the concern of the City about possible loss of its ancient privileges by the Royal Commission on Municipal Corporations

Street scene in Westminster

A Rake's Progress, plate III of VIII violence the Port of London Authority'A Rake's Progress', 1735, plate III of VIII. Tom Rakewell is in the Rose Tavern, on Drury Lane, London, being relieved of his pocket watch by two women. Behind them a group of figures sit at a table drinking, whilst a woman disrobes in the foreground. To the right a waiter enters with a street singer.