Mary Hackabout, now become a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover when he arrives unexpectedly. A monkey and young black servant boy look on the scene with frighten expressions. On the walls hang paintings with scenes from the Old Testament which amplify the artist's moral message
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 2
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., Copy in reverse of Hogarth's print published in 1732; Bowles at the Mercer's Hall address 1725-1731., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: Debauch'd & then kick'd out of doors, The fate of all Francisco's whores ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., No. 2 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by rules., Verse begins: "You London dames, that love to range", Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 23. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, London, and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Prostitution, Apprentices, Women, Moral and ethical aspects, Social conditions, Men, Sex, Prostitutes, Abused children, and Social life and customs
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below title: Engraved after an original picture painted by Mr. John Collet., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Name):
Covent Garden Theatre.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, City & town life, Dogs, Fishmongers, Musical instruments, Playbills, Sedan chairs, Street children, Street musicians, Street vendors, and Violins
A group made up mostly of woman gather round the coffin of the harlot in the center of the room. The young boy, the harlot's son, sits beside it on the floor. Many of the women are weeping, but others are engaged in flurtations with the undertaker and the clergyman
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 6
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., No. 6 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., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: The sisterhood of Drury Lane, Are met to form the funeral train ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Written in contemporary hand below text: Margery. 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, Funeral rites & ceremonies, and Prostitutes
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Decemr [the] 15 [1746?]
Call Number:
746.12.15.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on women's fashion; A street scene in which a crowd of people watch amused as a lady struggles with her wide hoop which has become tangled on the side of a building, a chinmey sweep who has fallen at her feet and a jewellery seller in an underground shop both have a view up her skirts."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Text following title: nil ortum tale. Hor., Publication year erased from this impression and supplied in contemporary hand as 1746., 'Price 6d.', Twenty-two lines of verse in four columns, followed by four lines of explanation, below image: If fame say true in former days, the fardingale was no disgrace ... The explanation reads: Drawn from the fact occasion'd by a lady carelessly tossing her hoop too high in going to shun a littel [sic] chimney sweeper's boy who fell down just at her feet in an artful suprise at [the] enormous sight., Possibly intended as a companion print to: The beaux disaster. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no. 2880., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes: Strand, London -- Female dress: hoops -- Churches: New Church in the Strand -- Shop stalls., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Chimney sweeps, City & town life, Military uniforms, and Signs (Notices)
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "Young lovers pray draw near, a story you shall hear,". - In four columns with the title over the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Full imprint reads: "London : Printed and sold at Sympson's Warehouse, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market"., Mounted on leaf 48. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
printed and sold at Sympson's warehouse
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Merchants, Criminal behavior, Love, Letter-writing, Charity, Man-woman relationships, and Social life and customs
Other editions attributed to Richard King, a pseudonym. Cf. Nos. N50050 in English short title catalogue., Other editions published in 1771 and 1772. See English short title catalogue and Gentleman's Magazine, v. 41, issue 561., In square brackets, following imprint: Price. Two shillings., Not in ESTC., and Inlaid and bound to 35 cm. Dated in mss. on t.p. "1760". Copiously extra-illustrated with prints and clippings.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster Row ; T. Lewis, Russel-Street, Covent-Garden ; R. Mariner, Compton-Street, Soho; and T. Shepherd, No. 147, in the Minories
Caption title., First line: I. He will cut off a pigeon's head with a sword by only drawing the sword through the pigeon's shadow in the looking-glass, and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Name):
Zucker, Mr.
Subject (Topic):
Magicians, Magic tricks, and Social life and customs
"Illustration to Pierce Egan's Life in London, page 232. A night scene on the east side of Temple Bar, which frames the Strand and St. Clements in the background, lit by a full moon. Tom (rigjht) overturns a watchman's box from which a poor terrified old man leans out shrieking. A fellow-watchman (left) springs his rattle and shouts. Behind Tom is Jerry, much amused, between two gaily dressed prostitutes who cling to him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Imprint from later state in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Sherwood & Co.,?
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, City & town life, Prostitutes, and Watchmen
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and young black servant boy in a feathered turban look on the scene with frighten expressions. The mask and mirror in the lower left corner and the paintings of scenes from the Old Testament (Jonah IV.8 and 2 Samuel VI.1-5) hanging on the wall further amplify the artist's moral message
Description:
Title, state and date from Paulson., Second state of the second plate in the series A harlot's progress, as described by Paulson, with black Latin cross in the center below design., "Plate 2"--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Touched in sepia ink around the Harlot's and Jew's faces, and the Harlot's dress and foot; the foot of the blackamoor is extended down to meet the pile of cloth.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Prostitution, Biblical events, Ethnic stereotypes, Blacks, Boudoirs, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, Tea, and Rake's progress
