[A harlot's progress. Plate 1] [graphic]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker[1732]engA scene outside the Bell Inn in which a country girl, Moll Hackabout, just arrived on the York Wagon, meets an extravagantly dressed bawd (Mother Needham); a clergyman on horseback fails to notice the encounter, but a lecherous old gentleman (Colonel Charteris) eyes the girl with anticipation. In the lower right the girl's initials "M.H." (M[ary?] Hackabout) are on her portmanteau, next to which is a basket with a goose with a note around its neck, "For my Loving Cosen in Tems Stret in London", presumably the person who has failed to meet her. In the background a woman hangs out her laundry on a balconyTitle from Paulson.Series title engraved below image, lower right.State, publisher, and date from Paulson.Fourth state with Mother Needham's feet now appear under her skirt. See Paulson for full description.On page 58 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 31 x 38.4 cm.Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 2d impression.