Plate six, from A Harlot's Progress

Plate six, from A Harlot's Progress — William Hogarth. 1732.

Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 30.2 × 37.9 cm (11 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.); Plate: 31.9 × 38.8 cm (12 9/16 × 15 5/16 in.); Sheet: 43.7 × 53.5 cm (17 1/4 × 21 1/8 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Having expired at a young age from venereal disease, Hogarth’s harlot does not appear in the final plate of the series. She is represented by her coffin, which serves mainly as a bar. The drunkenly distraught figure at the lower right may be Moll’s former madam, but otherwise the company at the wake appears mostly unaffected by the death. One woman tries on a bonnet, likely Moll’s, before a mirror, while a parson gropes a prostitute and spills his drink.

Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.