Hogarth Harlot's Progress

William Hogarth
[The Harlot's Progress.]
London, Baldwin & Cradock, c.1830. Six plates, each c. 325 x 395mm. Coloured.
£750
Hogarth's famous set, telling the story of a prostitute from her arrival in London, her heyday as a rich man's temperamental mistress to reduced circumstances, prison, illness and death. Two letterpress sheets explain many of the obscure references. A very decorative set. HOGA0005