A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4, William Hogarth, 1732

Copy of bridewell prison with inmates (including prostitutes and a card-player) beating hemp under the supervision of a warder holding a cane; moll is still dressed in her finery, but a one-eyed female attendant fingers the lace lappet hanging from her cap and her erstwhile serving-woman is trying on her fashionable shoes and stockings; beyond, a man stands with his hands in a pillory; after hogarth. 1732 etching and engraving. Date: 1732. Dimensions: Height: 217 mm (cut); Width: 261 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4 (BM Cc,2.89)