[A harlot's progress. Plate 1] [graphic]

Description

Title: [A harlot's progress. Plate 1] [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1732]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: A scene outside the Bell Inn in which a country girl, Moll Hackabout, just arrived on the York Wagon, meets an extravagantly dressed bawd (Mother Needham); a clergyman on horseback fails to notice the encounter, but a lecherous old gentleman (Colonel Charteris) eyes the girl with anticipation. In the lower right the girl's initials "M.H." (M[ary?] Hackabout) are on her portmanteau, next to which is a basket with a goose with a note around its neck, "For my Loving Cosen in Tems Stret in London", presumably the person who has failed to meet her. In the background a woman hangs out her laundry on a balcony
Description: Title from Paulson.
Series title engraved below image, lower right.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Fourth state with Mother Needham's feet now appear under her skirt. See Paulson for full description.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.7 x 39.2 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm.
Plate 2 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction. Purchased by W.S. Lewis at Sotheby's, Miss M.A.E. Crofton sale, lot 341; 15 November 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 318 x 391 mm, on sheet 473 x 608 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 4].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Plate 2. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764]