A Harlot's Progress, Plate 1

William Hogarth

April 1732 · Etching and engraving; fourth state of four · Drawings and Prints

Set outside the Bell Inn, London. Mary Hackabout, a country girl, has just arrived on the York Wagon and is examined by an extravagantly dressed bawd Mother Needham. Behind them a clergyman on horseback fails to notice the encounter but a lecherous old gentleman (Colonel Charteris) eyes the girl with anticipation.

Artist

William Hogarth

Date

April 1732

Medium

Etching and engraving; fourth state of four

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891