AHarlot's Progress, Plate 4 [Beating Hemp in Bridewell]

A Harlot's Progress (also known as The Harlot's Progress) is a series of six paintings (1731, now destroyed) and engravings (1732) by the English artist William Hogarth. The series shows the story of a young woman, M. (Moll or Mary) Hackabout, who arrives in London from the country and becomes a prostitute. The series was developed from the third image: having painted a prostitute in her boudoir in a garret on Drury Lane, Hogarth struck upon the idea of creating scenes from her earlier and later life. The title and rich allegory are reminiscent of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

• Moll Hackabout, dressed in fine clothes, is beating hemp, used for ...
• Beating Hemp in Bridewell: A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4
• In Bridewell Beating Hemp, Plate IV of the Harlot's Progress, 1732
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• Moll Hackabout, dressed in fine clothes, is beating hemp, used for ...
• Moll Hackabout, dressed in fine clothes, is beating hemp, used for ...
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