A Harlot's Progress: Hogarth's First "Modern Moral Subject"

Let’s take a look at the cautionary tale of Moll Hackabout as William Hogarth depicts it through his six prints…

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Linked videos and playlists:

Gin Lane and Beer Street:    • William Hogarth: "Gin Lane" and "Beer...  


Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

William Hogarth's A Harlot's Progress, plates 1-6 (1732). Held by the British Museum.


Quoted texts:

David Bindman, ODNB entry on William Hogarth

Paul J Nicholson, William Hogarth, A Harlot’s Progress Plate IV, 1732, Occupational Medicine, Volume 71, Issue 4-5, June-July 2021, Pages 177–179, https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqz136

Sean Shesgreen, Engravings by Hogarth (1973).


Also consulted, were:

Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.

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