Sujet

'In Bridewell beating hemp', plate IV of The Harlot's Progress, 1732. Artist: William Hogarth

Légende

'In Bridewell beating hemp', plate IV of The Harlot's Progress, 1732; the harlot is now beating hemp in Bridewell Prison, a House of Correction for prostitutes etc in Tothill Fields, London. The warder stands by her holding a whip, indicating the punishment that will follow if she does not work hard. Third and final state of plate. One of a set of six plates.

Date

1732

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A75_461

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (4,4Mo) / 39,2cm x 31,9cm / 4635 x 3763 (300dpi)

Mots clés

London England female women woman people male interior indoors job man men laughing drug law guy crime occupation winking Westminster prison century profession inside laughter prisoner lady concept punishment B&W prostitute lascivious MONOCHROME prostitution inmate penitentiary hemp black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century warder City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Bridewell Bridewell Prison charras harlot house of correction TGN Tothill Fields satire engraving William Hogarth W Hogarth William Hogarth;Hogarth William;W Hogarth Hogarth William