Plate four, from A Harlot's Progress
William Hogarth
1732
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 30.2 × 37.9 cm (11 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 38.8 cm (12 7/16 × 15 5/16 in.); Sheet: 43.6 × 53.6 cm (17 3/16 × 21 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- engraving
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
engravingprintprints and drawingpaperpaper (fiber product)
About
Arrested and thrown into prison, the now prominently pockmarked Moll proves inadequate to the physical labor of beating hemp for hangmen’s nooses. Amid cardsharps and debtors, she appears particularly out of place in her elaborate dress. But she seems destined for even more difficult straits, given that both her former servant and the jailer’s wife are seen here stealing from her.
