M0015519: "The Harlot's Progress", plate V, Hogarth

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Hogarth's Harlot's Progress

Engraving of Moll Hackabout dying of syphilis attended by a maid, whilst two doctors argue over her treatment and a second woman rifles through her possessions. Plate V from William Hogarth's "The Harlot's Progress", 1732. This print is the mirror image o

December 1956

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 8.8 c, 10.2 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.