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[Harlot's progress]. Plate 2
Title
[Harlot's progress]. Plate 2 [graphic] / Wm. Hogarth invt. pinxt. et sculpt.
Edition
[State 1].
Published
[London] : [Wm. Hogarth], [April 1732]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with engraving ; sheet 31.5 x 38.1 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
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.
Exhibited: "Half the Sky: Historically," at The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, CT, March - May 2012.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Summary
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.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2011
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no. 2046
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 122
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1732.
Engravings - England - London - 1732.
Etchings - England - London - 1732.
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