hogarth: harlot's progress plate 4 state 3 (boydell/heath edition 1822)

Print on paper from original copper engraved plate
Original publication date (Hogarth):1732
This prints date: Plate 4 - State 3 - 1818/1822 (Boydell/Heath)
Printed area: 11 7/8" x 14 15/16"
Plate area (outer mark on photographs) : 12 3/8" x 15 1/4"
Prime data source: Hogarths Graphic Works R Paulson 3rd Ed 1989
Article number: YAL 2425C

Plate 4 of a set of 6 plates which depict the story of Moll Hackabout, a harlot.
Hogarth incorporated the topics surrounding the official crackdown on prostitution in London at this time into A Harlot’s Progress, giving them resonance including references to real-life characters. In Plate 4 Moll (the Harlot) is now beating hemp in Bridwell Prison, Westminster.Paulson Plate 124 and commentary at pages 81 onwardsCondition report
This print is mounted on rough cut 1/16" grey card. It was framed on acquisition by me but it had deteriorated beyond repair and is presented out of a frame. The frame had last been repaired in 1937 in Belfast.
1) General light discolouration from smoke
2) Slightly grubby around the outer margin
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