An attractive young woman in country attire is shown arriving in the yard of the Bell Inn, London. An old woman approaches as a man watches from the doorway of the inn, his servant peaking out from behind him. A wagon with other country girls under the canvas pulls away; a country clergyman on horseback following behind
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 1
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement engraved in the lower right corner of the image., Copy in reverse of Hogarth's print published in 1732; Bowles at the Mercer's Hall address 1725-1731., Verses engraved below image, in three columns, six lines each: See there but just arrived in town, The country girl in homespun gown. Tho plain her drress appears, how neat, Her looks how innocent and sweet ... Ah Polly! thou hadst happy been, If thou his face hadst never seen., No. 1 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below text, written in a contemporary hand: Frances Chartres, Esq, who deserv'd hanging for what he had done & was sentenced to die for what he could not do., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
Having been released from Bridewell Prison, the harlot is shown in a squalid bed-chamber, wrapped in a long sheet and seated in a chair by the fire, her head resting against a pillow in a swoon. Her dismayed attendant turns for help from the two doctors who are quarreling about the benefit of their nostrums, the one standing in anger, in the process turning over a table and chair. A second attendant is rummaging through the harlot's trunk on the right. Sitting on the floor near the harlot's chair is a young boy, scratching his head as he roasts meat on a stick, heedless of the dramas in the room
Alternative Title:
In a high salivation and at the point of death
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: From Bridewell fredd she quickly gains, The French disease and all its pains ..., No. 5 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Written in contemporary hand below text: Margery. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Bedrooms, Physicians, Prostitutes, Servants, and Sick persons
Title engraved at top of image., A writing sheet, with borders decorated with scenes from Hogarth's series Industry and idleness., Interior blank space annotated in contemporary hand with three verses and dated June 1, 1778., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by R. Sayer, and J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
Title from item. and Mounted; ms. note on mount: "Wilkes, Hogarth, Ch. Churchil." Additional ms. note: "Alludes to the quarrel between Wilkes & Hogarth. Wilkes replied to Hogarth's satirical portrait of Wilkes by the North Briton XVII which is very bitter in tone. There is little doubt that this quarrel shortened Hogarth's life."
Publisher:
Sold by E. Sumpter, in Fleet Street, publish'd according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., and Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764.
"Bidder's ticket for an auction of paintings by Hogarth with ranks of copies of old master paintings stacked outside Cock's auction house attacking paintings by Hogarth as they emerge from his studio: a weeping Magdalene spears the third scene of A Harlot's Progress, a procession of Bacchus encounters Midnight Modern Conversation, and so on."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ...
Description:
Title from text in image., State and publisher from Paulson., Title from caption above image: The bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ..., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: ibidem., and On page 122 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: .
"Bidder's ticket for an auction of paintings by Hogarth with ranks of copies of old master paintings stacked outside Cock's auction house attacking paintings by Hogarth as they emerge from his studio: a weeping Magdalene spears the third scene of A Harlot's Progress, a procession of Bacchus encounters Midnight Modern Conversation, and so on."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ...
Description:
Title from text in image., State and publisher from Paulson., Title from caption above image: The bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ..., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark: sheet 197 x 210 mm.
"Bidder's ticket for an auction of paintings by Hogarth with ranks of copies of old master paintings stacked outside Cock's auction house attacking paintings by Hogarth as they emerge from his studio: a weeping Magdalene spears the third scene of A Harlot's Progress, a procession of Bacchus encounters Midnight Modern Conversation, and so on."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ...
Description:
Title from text in image., State and publisher from Paulson., and Title from caption above image: The bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ...
A group made up mostly of woman gather round the coffin of the harlot in the center of the room. The young boy, the harlot's son, sits beside it on the floor. Many of the women are weeping, but others are engaged in flurtations with the undertaker and the clergyman
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 6
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., No. 6 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: The sisterhood of Drury Lane, Are met to form the funeral train ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Written in contemporary hand below text: Margery. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Funeral rites & ceremonies, and Prostitutes