Plate four, from A Harlot's Progress

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Plate four, from A Harlot's Progress

William HogarthLinkedCulture matchlcp-4bc0237dded5

Date
1732
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Culture
England
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
228986

Arrested and thrown into prison, the now prominently pockmarked Moll proves inadequate to the physical labor of beating hemp for hangmen’s nooses. Amid cardsharps and debtors, she appears particularly out of place in her elaborate dress. But she seems destined for even more difficult straits, given that both her former servant and the jailer’s wife are seen here stealing from her.

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The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

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