print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: Cc,2.86
Title: Object: A Harlot's Progress, Plate 1; Series: A Harlot's Progress
Description: Copy of 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; after Hogarth. 1732 Etching and engraving
Producer name: After: William Hogarth; Print made by: Giles King
School/style: British
Production date: 1732
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 216 millimetres (cut); Width: 258 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Cut from a large plate of set of three images (Plates 1-3), for which and comment see 1848,0708.19-21.
Bibliographic references: Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition (121) (copy); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (121) (copy); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2033)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; courtesan/prostitute; cart/wagon; tavern/inn
Associated names: Representation of: Mother Needham; Representation of: Col Francis Charteris
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Henry Peter Standly
Acquisition date: 1825
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Cc,2.86
Additional IDs: Other BM number: 1825,0212.32

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