Comments on: The Redchurch St Rake’s Progress https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/06/17/the-redchurch-st-rakes-progress/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Tessa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/06/17/the-redchurch-st-rakes-progress/#comment-22875 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:08:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=35706#comment-22875 Beautiful drawings, too big a feast for the eyes at one sitting.

]]> By: sarah wood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/06/17/the-redchurch-st-rakes-progress/#comment-20313 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:30:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=35706#comment-20313 Awesome series of drawings that brilliantly capture the lewd underbelly of one of London’s most vibrant streets. I especially like the strong sense of the architectural vertical – it’s as much about the upper stories as it is about the street life of Redchurch St – leering spectators looking on at the vertiginous fall from high life to low life.

]]> By: Paul Bommer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/06/17/the-redchurch-st-rakes-progress/#comment-20166 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:45:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=35706#comment-20166 There is so much to see.
What is the classical painting (a Bacchanal?) in the the Gallery window in the Marriage vignette?
A great knowing nod to Brueghal too I think..

]]> By: Paul Bommer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/06/17/the-redchurch-st-rakes-progress/#comment-20165 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:28:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=35706#comment-20165 What a feast for the eyes! Dant truly is our latter-day Hogarth.

I particularly love all the bare bottoms and the triumvirate of urban reynards pulling at the drunkard’s flesh!

Dant’s Inferno!

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