A Harlot's Progress, Plate 2, William Hogarth, 1732

A lavishly furnished bedroom; moll distracts her wealthy jewish protector by exposing a breast and at the same time tipping over a tea-table so that her lover can slip quietly out of the room; in the foreground a mask lies on a table, a pet monkey scampers away with a piece of lace and a black boy dressed in a feathered turban and carrying a silver kettle starts with horror as expensive porcelain is shattered; on the far wall are pictures of old testament subjects (jonah iv. 8 and 2 samuel vi. 1-5). 1732 etching and engraving. Date: 1732. Dimensions: Height: 308 mm (cropped); Width: 377 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Harlot's Progress, Plate 2 (BM S,2.23)