Hogarth's satirical social commentary on 18th-century British society. This series tells the story of Ann Hackabout, a young girl from the country seeking her fortune in London, who pays the ultimate price for her moral downfall into prostitution
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Published by J.L. Marks, 91, Lond Lane, Smithfield
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Wit and humor, Pictorial, Wit and humor in art, Vices in art, Art and morals, Prostitutes, and Prints, English
The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the y...
Tom and a wealthy old woman are being married in the dilapidated church of St. Marylebone. The bride has only one eye and growths on her forehead; the IHS on the wall behind her serve as a mock halo. In contrast the old woman is attended by a beautifu...
Alternative Title:
New to [the] school of hard mishap, driven from [the] ease of Fortune's lap ..., New to the school of hard mishap, driven from the ease of Fortune's lap, and New to ye school of hard mishap, driven from ye ease of Fortune's lap
Description:
Title, state and imprint from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
St. Marylebone Church (Marylebone, London, England)
Tom and a wealthy old woman are being married in the dilapidated church of St. Marylebone. The bride has only one eye and growths on her forehead; the IHS on the wall behind her serve as a mock halo. In contrast the old woman is attended by a beautifu...
Alternative Title:
New to [the] school of hard mishap, driven from [the] ease of Fortune's lap ..., New to the school of hard mishap, driven from the ease of Fortune's lap, and New to ye school of hard mishap, driven from ye ease of Fortune's lap
Description:
Title, state and imprint from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
St. Marylebone Church (Marylebone, London, England)
Tom and a wealthy old woman are being married in the dilapidated church of St. Marylebone. The bride has only one eye and growths on her forehead; the IHS on the wall behind her serve as a mock halo. In contrast the old woman is attended by a beautifu...
Alternative Title:
New to [the] school of hard mishap, driven from [the] ease of Fortune's lap ..., New to the school of hard mishap, driven from the ease of Fortune's lap, and New to ye school of hard mishap, driven from ye ease of Fortune's lap
Description:
Title, state and imprint from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
St. Marylebone Church (Marylebone, London, England)