[Harlot's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 4
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Description
- Title
- [Harlot's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 4
- Alternative Title
- Moll Hackabout and her fellow inmates at work in Bridewell prison
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [April 1732]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
-
A scene in Bridewell prison with Moll Hackabout and the other inmates beating hemp under the supervision of a stern warder holding a cane. Moll is still dressed in her finery, but a one-eyed female attendant fingers the lace lappet hanging from her cap and her serving-woman sits before her in Moll's elegant shoes; next to her a fellow inmate picks vermin off her clothes. Next to Moll is a gambler, a torn playing card on the floor in front of him; behind her, a man stands with his hands in a pillory on which hangs a sign "Better to Work than Stand thus." Further down the wall is a whipping post with the words "The Wages of Idleness." On a shudder against the back wall is an effigy of Sir John Gonson ("Sr. J G").
- Description
-
Title, publisher, date, and state from Paulson.
State before black Latin cross added in the middle, below design. See Paulson.
"Plate 4"--Lower left corner.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark. - Provenance
- Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 312 x 388 mm
- Edition
- [1st state].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Kinnaird 5K(b) Box 200
- Collection Title
- Leaf 5. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Collection Date
- [England], [not after 1753]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1732
Engravings England London 1732
Etchings England London 1732 - Material
- etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
- Bridewell Prison.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Prostitution
Hemp industry
Criminals
Gamblers
Hemp
Prisons
Prostitutes
Syphilis
Rakes progress
Stocks (Punishment) - Subjects
-
Bridewell Prison
Prostitution
Hemp industry > Great Britain
Criminals
Gamblers
Hemp
Prisons
Prostitutes
Syphilis
Rakes progress
Stocks (Punishment)
England > 1732
England > London > 1732
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9865234
- Object ID (OID)
- 16030666