In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are prints of Captain Mackheath (the hero of "The Beggar's Opera") and Dr Sacheverell (the High Anglican clergyman impeached in 1710), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves as a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., State before black Latin cross added. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate 3"--Lower left corner., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 32 x 38.8 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 4 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Leaf 108. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 5 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177, the title here implying that the subject is the keeper of a brothel. A woman in profile to the right. of dignified and refined appearance. Her hair is fashionably dressed over a high cushion and ornamented with lace. A black ribbon is tied round her neck. Her dress appears to be loose négligé."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Lady abbess of the first class
Description:
Title from earlier state., Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5184 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "5" in upper left corner., and Second of three plates on leaf 108.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, March 30, 1773, (39) Strand
Leaf 108. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 4 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177, the title showing that she is the keeper of a brothel. A stout truculent-looking woman in profile to the left. Her face is heavily patched. She wears a mob-cap, beneath which her hair appears on her forehead and below her ear; over her shoulders is a handkerchief, and round her neck a string of beads."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from earlier state., Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5181 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "4" in upper left corner., and First of three plates on leaf 108.
Title and date from item., From: Album - Exhibition Set, Venereal Diseases and the Fight Against Them. Published in Moscow by the People's Committee on Health, 1928., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title and date from item., From: Album - Exhibition Set, Venereal Diseases and the Fight Against Them. Published in Moscow by the People's Committee on Health, 1928., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Plate 5. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 a one-eyed female attendant fingers the lace lappet hanging from her cap and her serving-woman sits before her on Moll's elegant shoes; next to her a fellow inmate picks vermin off her clothes. Next to Moll is a gambler, a torn playing card on the floor in front of him; behind her, a man stands with his hands in a pillory on which hangs a sign "Better to Work than Stand thus." Further down the wall is a whipping post with the words "The Wages of Idleness." On shudder against the back wall is an effigy of Sir John Gonson ("Sr. J G").
Alternative Title:
Moll Hackabout and her fellow inmates at work in Bridewell prison
Description:
Title, date, and state from Paulson. and State with black Latin cross added (in 2nd state) in the middle, below design and many changes to the design. See Paulson.
Plate 5. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 a one-eyed female attendant fingers the lace lappet hanging from her cap and her serving-woman sits before her on Moll's elegant shoes; next to her a fellow inmate picks vermin off her clothes. Next to Moll is a gambler, a torn playing card on the floor in front of him; behind her, a man stands with his hands in a pillory on which hangs a sign "Better to Work than Stand thus." Further down the wall is a whipping post with the words "The Wages of Idleness." On shudder against the back wall is an effigy of Sir John Gonson ("Sr. J G").
Alternative Title:
Moll Hackabout and her fellow inmates at work in Bridewell prison
Description:
Title, date, and state from Paulson., State with black Latin cross added (in 2nd state) in the middle, below design and many changes to the design. See Paulson., and On page 61 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 31.2 x 38.5 cm.
Plate 5. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 a one-eyed female attendant fingers the lace lappet hanging from her cap and her serving-woman sits before her on Moll's elegant shoes; next to her a fellow inmate picks vermin off her clothes. Next to Moll is a gambler, a torn playing card on the floor in front of him; behind her, a man stands with his hands in a pillory on which hangs a sign "Better to Work than Stand thus." Further down the wall is a whipping post with the words "The Wages of Idleness." On shudder against the back wall is an effigy of Sir John Gonson ("Sr. J G").
Alternative Title:
Moll Hackabout and her fellow inmates at work in Bridewell prison
Description:
Title, date, and state from Paulson., State with black Latin cross added (in 2nd state) in the middle, below design and many changes to the design. See Paulson., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.2 x 38.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 5 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and young black servant boy in a feathered turban look on the scene with frighten expressions. The mask and mirror in the lower left corner and the paintings of scenes from the Old Testament (Jonah IV.8 and 2 Samuel VI.1-5) hanging on the wall further amplify the artist's moral message
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Title, state, and date from Paulson., State before addition of black Latin cross in the center below design, "Plate 2."--Lower left corner., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Rake's progress, Relations between the sexes, Servants, and Tea
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and young black servant boy in a feathered turban look on the scene with frighten expressions. The mask and mirror in the lower left corner and the paintings of scenes from the Old Testament (Jonah IV.8 and 2 Samuel VI.1-5) hanging on the wall further amplify the artist's moral message
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Title, state, and date from Paulson., State before addition of black Latin cross in the center below design, "Plate 2."--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 59 in volume 1. With pencilled ms. note in Steevens hand above print: 1st Impression. Plate trimmed to: 31.1 x 37.7 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Rake's progress, Relations between the sexes, Servants, and Tea
