A copy in reverse of William Hogarth's Plate 4 of A harlot's progress: A scene in Bridewell prison with Moll Hackabout and the other inmates beating hemp under the supervision of a stern warder holding a cane. Moll is still dressed in her finery, but ...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 4, In Bridewell beating hemp, and Dans la maison de correction a battre le chanvre
The tenth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune...
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Cells (Rooms & spaces), Debt, Graffiti, Prison guards, Prisoners, Prisons, Parables, and Political elections
A loose plagiary (reversed) after Hogarth's plate 7 in the Rake's Progress series; a room in the Fleet Prison; Tom sits at a table to left, on which is a rejection letter from John Rich to whom he has submitted a play; his old wife brandishing her fis...
The eleventh drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fort...
"View of the inner court of the prison, with the prisoners playing rackets on the left, others standing watching, a number of men smoking pipes, others lounging across benches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Septr. 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
