The Harlot's Progress (paulson 121-126)

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"The Harlot's Progress" is a series of six paintings (1731) and engravings (1732) by the English artist William Hogarth. The series, which was a success that greatly contributed to Hogarth's fame, depicts the tragic story of a young woman, Moll Hackabout, who arrives in London from the countryside and becomes a prostitute. The narrative arc follows her rapid decline into the seediness of the city's underbelly, her exploitation by bawds, and her ultimate demise.

Each of the six scenes in "The Harlot's Progress" is a progression that maps out the key events in Moll's life, from her arrival in Cheapside, London, where she is seduced, to her life as a mistress, her arrest and imprisonment, and eventually to her death from venereal disease and the subsequent auctioning of her belongings. The final plate shows Moll's funeral, attended by disreputable characters, highlighting the moral and social decay that Hogarth perceived in London at the time.

Hogarth's work is notable for its rich detail and its mixture of humor, satire, and moralizing. It provides a commentary on the urbanization of London, the vulnerability of women, and the public's fascination with vice and virtue. The series was published as engravings, which allowed for a wider distribution and made Hogarth's social commentary more accessible to the public.

The paintings themselves were destroyed in a fire at Fonthill Abbey in 1755, but the engravings have preserved the narrative sequence and are often used to illustrate discussions of 18th-century English society and art. The engravings are catalogued as Paulson 121-126, referring to Ronald Paulson's comprehensive catalogue raisonné of Hogarth's work.

"The Harlot's Progress" is considered a pioneering work of sequential art, predating the modern comic strip and graphic novel. It also had a significant impact on the development of narrative painting in Britain and has been the subject of numerous analyses and exhibitions. The series exemplifies Hogarth's innovative approach to genre painting and his desire to use art as a means to explore and critique the complexities of human behavior and contemporary life.

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