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A Harlot's Progress scene 1 by William Hogarth from http://www.ackland.org/art/exhibitions/reasonfantasy/harlot.htm archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Hogarth's 1731 engraving of A Harlot's Progress is about a young woman, Mary Hackabout, who arrives in London from the country. Presumably she has come to look for work as a servant, but a procuress praises her beauty and suggests a more profitable occupation: prostitution.

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William Hogarth  (1697–1764)  wikidata:Q171344 s:en:Author:William Hogarth q:en:William Hogarth
 
William Hogarth
Description English-British painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 10 November 1697 Edit this at Wikidata 25 October 1764
Location of birth/death London London
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creator QS:P170,Q171344

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current11:02, 3 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 11:02, 3 May 2006300 × 240 (24 KB)Lily15 (talk | contribs)A_Harlot's_Progress scene 1 by William Hogarth from [http://www.ackland.org/art/exhibitions/reasonfantasy/harlot.htm]

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