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Beating Hemp in Bridewell: A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4
1732
30.968
Not currently on view
Artwork Details
11-7/8 x 14-7/8 in. (image) 16-1/4 x 19-3/8 in. (sheet)
Mark Description"Wm. Hogarth invt. pinxt. et sculpt."
Accession NumberGift of William George Sullivan
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color PaletteWilliam George Sullivan; given to the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1930.
The harlot is now in Bridewell, the prison for prostitutes, card sharps, and the like. A gambler stands next to her, identified by the torn card on the floor. The inmates beat hemp to pay for their keep and to profit the warder, who threatens them with his cane. A chalk drawing on the far wall features a cartoonish man on the gallows marked “Sr. J. G.”—Sir John Gonson, who had been responsible for their incarceration.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
William Hogarth: The Painter of Comic History
Indianapolis Museum of Art
August 31, 2012 - August 4, 2013
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