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1. Being discarded the Jews service, she takes lodgings in Drury Lane, where the officers of justice are comming to apprehend her [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1732]
- Call Number:
- 732.04.00.13
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The harlot is shown in her bedroom after she has lost the protection of the Jew. She is seated on the side of the bed, only partially dressed, waiting to be served breakfast by her slatternly attendant. A kitten plays at her feet as she swings a man's watch. In the background, a justice of the peace, his finger to his lips, creeps into the room with three atttendants, apparently unnoticed by the women
- Alternative Title:
- Harlot's progress. Plate 3
- Description:
- Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., Verses engraved below image in three columns, six lines each: At breakfast here in dishabille, While Margery does the tea-pot fill ..., No. 3 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., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subject (Topic):
- Social life and customs and Prostitutes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Being discarded the Jews service, she takes lodgings in Drury Lane, where the officers of justice are comming to apprehend her [graphic].
