Betsy, a sex worker with her charges. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar.

Previous title, replaced July 2024: A prostitute with her name and charges. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).

[London?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1809?]

1 print : etching ; platemark 10 x 6.1 cm

Belsy Ch--r a treat & a peace fresh cull

Exhibited in "Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights" at Wellcome Collection, 19 September 2024 – 27 April 2025 .

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Richard Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, Cambridge 1982, p. 310 no. 1944a

Alicia Meyer, 'Engraving the courtesan: sex work and "The Renaissance" in Victorian books', The collation, Folger Shakespeare Library blog, 21 September 2023, https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/engraving-the-courtesan/

Wellcome Collection 27934i