Art Institute of Chicago

Plate six, 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

228988

Having expired at a young age from venereal disease, Hogarth’s harlot does not appear in the final plate of the series. She is represented by her coffin, which serves mainly as a bar. The drunkenly distraught figure at the lower right may be Moll’s former madam, but otherwise the company at the wake appears mostly unaffected by the death. One woman tries on a bonnet, likely Moll’s, before a mirror, while a parson gropes a prostitute and spills his drink.

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