The funeral of poor Mary Hackabout, attended by the sisterhood of Drury Lane [graphic].

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Title: The funeral of poor Mary Hackabout, attended by the sisterhood of Drury Lane [graphic].
Alternative Title: Harlot's progress. Plate 6
Contributor: Bowles, John, 1701-1779, publisher.
Published / Created: [1732]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
Abstract: A group made up mostly of woman gather round the coffin of the harlot in the center of the room. The young boy, the harlot's son, sits beside it on the floor. Many of the women are weeping, but others are engaged in flurtations with the undertaker and the clergyman
Description: Title from caption above image.
Printer's statement from Plate I of the series.
No. 6 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3.
Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: The sisterhood of Drury Lane, Are met to form the funeral train ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Written in contemporary hand below text: Margery. For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; July 2008;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 247 x 236 mm
Language: English

Genre: Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 1732
Engravings England London 1732
Material: etching & engraving with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
England
London.
Subject (Name): Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic): Social life and customs
Funeral rites & ceremonies
Prostitutes
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
London (England) > Social life and customs > 18th century
Funeral rites & ceremonies
Prostitutes > England > London
18th century
England > 1732
England > London > 1732

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