The Harlot's Progress Plate 1

Street scene with two women in the foreground. The young woman wears a jacket with apron. Accessories: cap, hat with ribbon under the chin, floral corsage, mittens, purse knotted to the arm, scissors on the belt, heeled shoes with bows. The older woman wears a jacket and shoulder cape with flaps and hood. Accessories: earrings, gloves, fan, heeled shoes. In the background, two men in a doorway. To the left, a covered wagon, a preacher on horseback, and a woman hanging laundry. This is the first print in a series of six, telling the story of Mary (or Moll) Hackabout, who arrives from the countryside in London and becomes a prostitute. From the series A Harlot's Progress by William Hogarth, 1732. The series also existed as six paintings from 1731, which have been lost.