Dressed in fine clothes Moll Hackabout beats hemp with a mallet, which will be used to make rope; she is in prison with other inmates who are mostly prostitutes. Engraving after William Hogarth.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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- 38335i
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- Harlot's progress
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[London] : [publisher not identified]
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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 23.7 x 29 cm.
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Harlot's progress. Plate IV. In Bridewell beating hemp. Dans le maison de correction a battre le chanvre. Invented & painted by Wm Hogarth.
References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, related to 124
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Wellcome Collection 38335i
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