Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
A harlot's progress, plate 1
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 · April 1732
A scene outside the Bell Inn; a country girl, Moll Hackabout, just arrived on the York Wagon, meets an extravagantly dressed bawd (Mother Needham). A clergyman on horseback fails to notice the encounter, but a lecherous old gentleman (Colonel Charteris) eyes the girl with anticipation.
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