How does A Rake's Progress, 3: The Tavern Scene elucidate its Provenance?
The eight paintings in the series were sold by William Beckford at an auction at Christie's in 1802 for 570 guineas to John Soane. They then hung at Soane's country house Pitzhanger Manor, and from 1810 in Soane's town house in Lincoln's Inn Fields. The Brothel painting  scene and the other seven paintings in the series are available in the picture gallery in the city residence, now converted to Sir John Soane's Museum.
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