Dressed in fine clothes Moll Hackabout beats hemp with a mallet, which will be used to make rope; she is in prison with other inmates who are mostly prostitutes. Engraving after William Hogarth.

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 23.7 x 29 cm.

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Harlot's progress. Plate IV. In Bridewell beating hemp. Dans le maison de correction a battre le chanvre. Invented & painted by Wm Hogarth.

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R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, related to 124

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Wellcome Collection 38335i

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