About this artwork
Despite the resounding success of A Harlot’s Progress, William Hogarth waited over ten years to release a second edition. Before the implementation of the 1735 Engraver’s Act, he had little recourse to combat plagiarism. This rare unmounted fan leaf is printed with colorful, reduced-scale etchings of the harlot’s entry into the workhouse, final moments, and funeral. A complete fan would have boasted the three earlier scenes on the other side; indeed, the folds in the paper suggest the impression may once have been fitted for use. Hogarth is said to have given such moralizing items to his servants.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- William Hogarth
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Title
- Plates four, five, and six from A Harlot's Progress
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Place
- England (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1732–1761
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Medium
- Three etchings from three plates, two in red ink and one in olive green ink, on cream wove paper, laid down on off-white laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image/plate, left: 13 × 15.5 cm (5 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.); Image/plate, center: 13 × 15 cm (5 1/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Image/plate, right: 14.4 × 14 cm (5 11/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Primary support: 15.5 × 50.1 cm (6 1/8 × 19 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 29.6 × 51 cm (11 11/16 × 20 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Joseph Brooks Fair Fund
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Reference Number
- 1947.144
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/60032/manifest.json
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