An attractive young woman in country attire is shown arriving in the yard of the Bell Inn, London. An old woman approaches as a man watches from the doorway of the inn, his servant peaking out from behind him. A wagon with other country girls under the canvas pulls away; a country clergyman on horseback following behind
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 1
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement engraved in the lower right corner of the image., Copy in reverse of Hogarth's print published in 1732; Bowles at the Mercer's Hall address 1725-1731., Verses engraved below image, in three columns, six lines each: See there but just arrived in town, The country girl in homespun gown. Tho plain her drress appears, how neat, Her looks how innocent and sweet ... Ah Polly! thou hadst happy been, If thou his face hadst never seen., No. 1 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., Below text, written in a contemporary hand: Frances Chartres, Esq, who deserv'd hanging for what he had done & was sentenced to die for what he could not do., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
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
Caption title, on either side of woodcut showing a naked woman holding the hand of a child, also naked., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: The diversions of this meeting is expected to be very splendid; and, for the better information of the votaries at the shrine of Venus ..., Five lines of verse on either side of woodcut: [The] sportsmen who are free and willing, To feel, you're welcome for a shilling ... This is what we call a trade., A broadside advertising the services and skills of woman and brothels, with some prices., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., and London.
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitution, Children, and Unmarried mothers
Having been released from Bridewell Prison, the harlot is shown in a squalid bed-chamber, wrapped in a long sheet and seated in a chair by the fire, her head resting against a pillow in a swoon. Her dismayed attendant turns for help from the two doctors who are quarreling about the benefit of their nostrums, the one standing in anger, in the process turning over a table and chair. A second attendant is rummaging through the harlot's trunk on the right. Sitting on the floor near the harlot's chair is a young boy, scratching his head as he roasts meat on a stick, heedless of the dramas in the room
Alternative Title:
In a high salivation and at the point of death
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: From Bridewell fredd she quickly gains, The French disease and all its pains ..., No. 5 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 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, Bedrooms, Physicians, Prostitutes, Servants, and Sick persons
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
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
Caption title., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: Miss Diana G---y is arrived at this meeting for the diversion of those gentlemen who are stong in hand ..., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
A scene in Bridewell Prison with the harlot and other prisoners shown beating hemp, the warder standing over her, prodding her. They stand under a sign that reads "Better to work than stand thus."
Alternative Title:
In the Bridewell beating hemp, with many others in the like circumstances
Description:
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: See Polly now in Bridewell stands, A gauling mallet in her hands ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., No. 4 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 In contemporary hand, below engraved text: Margery. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
