A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4, William Hogarth, circa 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. Etching and engraving. Date: circa 1732. Dimensions: Height: 236 mm (trimmed); Width: 316 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4 (BM 1872,1214.329)