Moll Hackabout dangles a watch and a poxed maid ("bunter") empties the contents of a jug, while Sir John Gonson, a magistrate, and a group of bailiffs enter the room to arrest her. Engraving after William Hogarth, 1732.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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[1732?]
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Moll Hackabout dangles a watch and a poxed maid ("bunter") empties the contents of a jug, while Sir John Gonson, a magistrate, and a group of bailiffs enter the room to arrest her. Engraving after William Hogarth, 1732. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] (No. 53 Fleet Street) : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett map and printsellers, [1732?]

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

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Harlot's progress. Plate III. The compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane. Elle est reduite à la misère dans son logement de Drury Lane. Invented & painted by Wm Hogarth. Impression catalogued lacks imprint. Details of imprint taken from British Museum catalogue, loc. cit.

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Not in: British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires (but cf. others in the series, nos. 2035, 2050, 2079, 2095 and 2110)
Not in R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition (but related to no. 123)

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Wellcome Collection 38334i

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