61.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1732]
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 3++ Box 300
- Collection Title:
- Plate 3. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Harlot's progress. Plate 2
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Series title, state, and date from Paulson., and Fourth state with black Latin cross in the center below design (from 2nd state) and extended shading of table leg. See Paulson.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Ethnic stereotypes, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, Tea, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mary Hackabout distracts her patron's attention by kicking over the tea table] [graphic]
