A harlot's progress, plate 5

A harlot's progress, plate 5

Item Information

Title:
A harlot's progress, plate 5
Description:
A squalid room where Moll Hackabout, wrapped in a sheet, is dying while two doctors (Richard Rock and Jean Misaubin) argue over their remedies. Her serving-woman calls for attention for the invalid, another woman rifles through a trunk.
Artist:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Publisher:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Name on Item:
Wm. Hogarth inv't. pinx't et sculp't
Date:
April 1732
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Engravings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints
Subjects:
Prostitutes
Physicians
Death
Misaubin, Jean, 1673-1734
Extent:
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 33 x 40 cm
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Publisher:
[William Hogarth]
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Paulson: 125
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Paulson, Ronald. "Hogarth's Graphic Works." The Print Room, 1989, London.
Notes (object):
The fifth plate of A Harlot's Progress series.
Identifier:
18_06_000009
Barcode:
36666003800410