A dilapidated room with Moll Hackabout's friends, mostly prostitutes, gathered around her open coffin, several of them weeping; one young woman stands with her back to the scene as she gazes at herself in the mirror. On the left, a clergyman spills his brandy as he surreptitiously gropes beneath a woman's skirt; Moll's serving woman, standing at the coffin with a wine bottle and glass in hand scowls at the pair. Under the window and to the right, the undertaker flirts with a pretty young prostitute who picks a handkerchief from his pocket. In the foreground Moll's small son plays with a spinning top. Sprigs of yew (rosemary?) decorate her coffin; a plate of yew rests on the floor at the parson's feet, another spring at her son's feet
Description:
Title, publisher, date, and state from Paulson., "Plate 6"--Lower left corner., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate 18. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The scene is the interior of a
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 3
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Series title engraved below image., State from Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.5 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 18 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Children, Crocodiles, Medical equipment & supplies, Nobility, Physicians, Prostitutes, Quacks, Scientific equipment, Sexually transmitted diseases, Skeletons, and Rake's progress