[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
- [1732]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
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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 on 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 shudder against the back wall is an effigy of Sir John Gonson ("Sr. J G").
- Description
-
Title, date, and state from Paulson.
State with black Latin cross added (in 2nd state) in the middle, below design and many changes to the design. See Paulson.
1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.2 x 38.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm.
Plate 5 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 31.5 x 38.6 cm, on sheet 47.3 x 61.1 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- [3rd state].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Plate 5. 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]
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
Parables
Stocks (Punishment) - Subjects
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Bridewell Prison
Prostitution
Hemp industry > Great Britain
Criminals
Gamblers
Hemp
Prisons
Prostitutes
Syphilis
Parables
Stocks (Punishment)
England > 1732
England > London > 1732
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9886963
- Object ID (OID)
- 33185207