Sujet

'In a high saliuation [sic] at the point of death', plate V of The Harlot's Progress, 1732. Artist: William Hogarth

Légende

'In a high saliuation [sic] at the point of death', plate V of The Harlot's Progress, 1732; the harlot is now dying from venereal disease and has been transferred to the sick room (of Bridewell Prison). She is being attended by Dr Richard Rock and Dr Jean Misaubin who quarrel over the merits of their cures. Third and final state of plate. One of a set of six plates.

Date

1732

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A75_462

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,5Mo) / 39,0cm x 32,1cm / 4602 x 3797 (300dpi)

Mots clés

London England female women woman people male interior indoors job man men health medicine science law guy crime occupation conflict quarrel death remedy illness cure Westminster prison century doctor profession inside treatment sickness sick ill prisoner disease interior design fireplace lady concept B&W prostitute physician MONOCHROME prostitution interior decoration penitentiary venereal disease black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Bridewell Bridewell Prison Dr Jean Misaubin Dr Richard Rock harlot pox TGN satire engraving William Hogarth W Hogarth William Hogarth;Hogarth William;W Hogarth Hogarth William