HOGARTH’S A Rake's Progress series of paintings will return to Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery in Walpole Park, Ealing, for the first time in 200 years as the centrepiece of an exhibition.
A series of contemporary work will offer a snapshot of the people and places that give life to London today.
Hogarth: London Voices, London Lives will feature his 18th-Century series of eight paintings alongside contemporary work to offer a modern reading of the capital.
Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, said: "We are particularly proud to welcome back to Pitzhanger A Rake's Progress, the masterful set of paintings that Soane bought to hang on the walls here to inspire and entertain his guests.”
A Rake's Progress was purchased by Sir John Soane's wife Eliza for Pitzhanger in 1802 for £598.10 from Christie's.
When Soane sold Pitzhanger in 1810, he transported the paintings to his central London home in Lincoln's Inn Fields, now Sir John Soane's Museum.
The exhibition will run from March 18 to July 19.
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