A Harlot's Progress: Hogarth's First "Modern Moral Subject"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2024
- Let’s take a look at the cautionary tale of Moll Hackabout as William Hogarth depicts it through his six prints…
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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
William Hogarth's A Harlot's Progress, plates 1-6 (1732). Held by the British Museum.
Quoted texts:
David Bindman, ODNB entry on William Hogarth
Paul J Nicholson, William Hogarth, A Harlot’s Progress Plate IV, 1732, Occupational Medicine, Volume 71, Issue 4-5, June-July 2021, Pages 177-179, doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqz136
Sean Shesgreen, Engravings by Hogarth (1973).
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
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Oh yes please, let's have the Rake's Progress. Hogarth would have made a great tabloid journalist with his faux outrage. The coat of arms in the final plate looked like three doner kebabs.
Yes, please The Rake’s Progress
With or without Stravinsky....
Hogarth was _not_ subtle, that's for sure.
Now I'm gonna have some tea in my unbroken mug.
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Your ability to read and narrate these images is a gift to us all. Enthralling story.
They still use the word “moll” now, as in gangster’s moll
The 1st frame. All the symbolism of betrayals. Each of no great terror, but together means the young woman is lost. 😥
The other Hogarth "Marriage a la Mode" is another definite contender!
Oh yes!
Cannot wait for this!!!!!! And A Rake’s Progress too!!??🎭🎨
An analysis of, "A Rake's Progress," would make a great companion video.
Brilliant. I never would have known there was so much symbolism in the pictures. Thank you.
This "reading" of these plates was insightful, and very enjoyable! Thank you!
Thank you for a wonderful presentation of Hogarth's work. I didn't know about "A Harlot's Progress and would love to know about "A Rake's Progress". Your attention to detail and description makes these drawings come to life. ❤🖌️🎨🖼️
Hogarth really did have an eye for the social ills of the time. He was instrumental in founding the Foundling Hospital - now a museum - in London.🖌
0:50 "Moll, or Mary, Hackabout" Less than 1 minute in and you've taught me somthing. "Moll Flanders" is better known, of course, but I'd never thought what 'Moll' was a contraction of.
Thank you.
I enjoyed how he was able to poke at people of the day and still keep his head! 🖌
Well, that was most interesting! I've seen many Hogarth prints in books, but never picked up half of what you saw in them, so that was a real education. Looking forward to your exploration of "The rake's progress" In fact I would love to see you examining other historical paintings and tapestries - Bayeux, allegorical works and so on. You see and explain things so well.
I was lucky enough to see a Hogarth exhibition in London (back in the early 2000s if my memory serves me correctly). It had both the paintings and engravings from The Rake’s Progress, as well as other works by Hogarth.
A work that puts a lot of this in context (despite being published later in 1748) is the erotic novel ‘Fanny Hill’. If you’re interested in this period I highly recommend it. Although be warned it is extremely explicit. You can find it free online in places like Project Gutenberg.
And yes, I’d love a video on ‘A Rake’s Progress’! Also ‘Marriage a La Mode’.
The black mask seen in one of the prints is likely a vizard (also called moretta). They were made of black velvet and completely obscured the wearer’s face. They were often worn while travelling as protection from the elements. Some were (weirdly enough) held in place with a button clasped in the mouth rather than ties.
Yes! Continue! Thank you, Dr. Kat!
I’m waiting for “A Rake’s Progress” next. Thank you very much!
Me, too!
Fantastic breakdown. Loved this. Can't wait to see your Rake's Progress video.
These early "comic" strips with very moralistic intentions are fascinating
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Thank you very much for the explanation!
I hadn't thought of them as early "comic strips", but that is a very interesting observation - thank you for that comment; it has really spurred on a lot of thoughts for me now :)
@@MocaDK thank you :-)
Yes! A rakes progress too!😂
Wonderful as always - there is so much going on in Hogarth's work and your guided tour really brings the scenes to life and helps the viewer to appreciate each detail. I look forward to The Rake's Progress.💃
Ooh yes, please do A Rake's Progress!
These images always make me so sad and so angry. I didn't know that the black marks mean syphilis - OF COURSE they are only on the women. Poor lass. Nobody there to help her, and Hogarth may be illustrating a Dreadful Warning, but he's also implying that she deserved her fate. The men, you'll note, escape scot-free. *blood boiling and steam coming out of my ears.*
As always, Dr.Kat great video. I absolutely love how art is open for interpretation. For example the very first plate's depiction of goose was perhaps stating that "their goose was cooked". They were in trouble and time was up. 🪿 I would have never picked on up on that. So very intriguing. These seemingly innocent objects can signify so much.
In another plate where the lady is holding a watch, I felt could have been wares stolen by her lover but I also thought much like the use of the goose; it was showcasing that she had limited time. That due to her lifestyle, she had little time left and perhaps even the time she could never get back. ⌛️🕰
I just love how intricate these plates are. Just bursting with detail. I am so glad you did another video on Hograth's work. And, yes! I would absolutely love to learn more about some of his works. I think we'd would all be very delighted with a third installment.
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Yes, proceed to the Rake and then on to more Hogarth. I’m eager to follow as you continue with “Dr. Kat’s Progress.”
Such an amazing and illuminating dive into this series of plates. Please do A Rake's Progress! 🎨🖌
Fascinating video again. Have you visited Hogarth's house in Chiswick? It's quite modest but lovely.Worth a quick visit (can be fully viewed in @ 1 hour).
I loved how he showed that the young was failed by others. The explanation of details was amazing. Thank you.
I love how you break down the visual of each picture. Now I want to know what happened to the child.
Would love to see the Rake's Progess. 🖌
Looking forward to this, just as with all your work!!😊
Love your content! Thanks For this ❤❤❤❤
Look forward to your video ❤
Thank you - I found this even more fascinating than the first video on Holgarth. The first image - where there is clear danger and Moll is heading into it unawares is so very poignant.
👨🎨Very interesting topic. Thank you. 👍
Thank you I really enjoy these art insights there is so much detail that appears obvious once explained
Please do more
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This really is too much of a coincidence - this video came up on the very day that I first learned about these prints in a book on the history of sex work, and just a few weeks after I saw an opera based on the equivalent 'Rake's Progress'. I've been craving more information on both, so this is just perfect!
That was fascinating. So much detail in each panel. Hogarth put so much work into the series, he was really making a point.
Thank you for that most informative 'reading' of the Hogarth series. I've seen the original oil paintings of "The Rake's Progress" at the Soane Museum in London. On a subsequent visit I went to Hogarth's home near Chiswick Park. I always enjoy your weekly vlogs.
It gets on my nerves that the men don't have syphilis marks on their faces. I wonder if Hogarth did a progression on drinking the water! I mean if they were really interested in cleaning things up back then. 🤒
Really enjoyed this - yes please to A Rake’s Progress 👨🎨
I can’t wait for you to do a Rakes progress. These have been wonderful.
Thank you for expounding on the plates in this series.
I could listen to you for hours. Your narration is full of data, your voice is smooth and the hinting inflections feel like you're sharing secrets, its wonderful! Thank you for doing these!!
The doctors arguing, her suffering is nothing to them.
Some things never change lol.
This is a splendid video, Dr. Kat: Thank you! Would you possibly be willing to present both "A Rake's Progress" and "Marriage a la Mode"? Both were/are savage satires on the effects of debauchery among the upper/middle/lower classes.
Very interesting episode. Thank you. As I enjoy Stravinsky's opera, "The Rake's Progress' very much, Hogarth's series would be a fascinating subject. Best wishes.
I could spend all day listening to your presentations! Thank you so much!
super interesting, and my first time seeing these images... I'd love to see The Rake's Progress, too!
It's Friday, and it's time for Dr. Kat. What an incredible presentation. Thank you so very much. I look forward to "A Rake's Progress". 🎨
I would never have seen all that from those pictures! 🖌
I've a question about the watch in plate number 3. Could the watch be payment for Mol's services? I remember reading that when Mozart's father toured his musical prodigy children across Europe, he was mostly paid in watches, gold snuffboxes, and other valuable trinkets that he would later sell.
Amazing, just amazing Dr Kat. Thank you!
Great video! Love the level of symbolism H. used and you described! Thank you!
It was the 3rd picture that I found most informative.
I enjoyed this presentation & would love for you to look at The Rake's Progress! Thanks!🖼🖌
Thanks!
I gotta say I've watched this one again and will again because each time some tiny interesting tidbit is revealed I very much look forward to seeing any others like it. Hope to see future 🙏 ones too 😊
Many thanks 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Yes! Let's have the rakes next!🎨🖼🖌
Fantastic video! Moll Flanders is one of my all time favorites and this just adds to the ‘Moll mythos’
Thank you so much Dr. Kat! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Interesting and informative. I'd love to see your take "A Rake's Progress:. Thank you for sharing. 👠 I was totally ignorant of Hogarth and his varied series and find this subject worth learning about.
Thank you!
Thank you, that was marvellous. I have just finished an MA in illustration and used Marriage à la Mode in one assignment, where I learned just how much meaning Hogarth packed into each image, showing the power of images to tell a story, but, compared to your dissection, I definitely missed some. Yes please to more!
Fantastic video! I love the way that you break down the symbolism of each piece of art. I am really enjoying this way of exploring every day Victorian life. 🖌📍🎨
Thank you for this examination of Hogarth's series. I hope you will do the same for The Rake's Progress soon, even without reviewing Stravinsky's modern reinterpretation of the series in an opera. 🎨
Great video as always! 🎨🖼
❤ love this video
Brilliantly narrated..thank you. Yes..Rakes Progress next please!! 🎨 🖼
🎨 ok an artist emoji for the algorythm , love your videos very informative !!!!
Very insightful 🖌️🎨
Looking forward to the Rake's progress.
Great insight! 🎨🖌️
Fascinating
The symbolism and details of these pieces are just fantastic. It really seems like every little piece has been added to give more depth to the story! Personally, I think the clock Moll holds in the 3rd print could also be a symbol of time in general. Moll’s time is pretty much up by the 3rd print- she’s broke, about to be arrested, and her syphilis is clearly progressing. The clock is a sign it’s time for things to turn. Of course, you’re now obligated to do The Rake’s Progress (and perhaps even the drunkard’s progress!)🎨🪭🥀🦠☠️
Can't wait for the next video!
Most enjoyable.
That was fascinating! Thank you.
Thanks again for the interesting nd educational topic. I would love to see a comparison between the rake and the harlot!
Loved this! Thanks so much for all of your hard work, and yes "The Rake's Progress" should be just as interesting! 🎨
Lots of food for thought, thanks!
Thanks for this Dr Kat! I've seen the images before but never had insight about all the symbolism at work. I'd always interpreted the men entering the room in the third plate as new customers who were somewhat thrown off by the dingy surroundings, rather than magistrates. I'd love a similar analysis of A Rake's Progress!
I finally got to see The Rake's Progress at the Sir John Soane a few years ago. I firsr saw it when I did an undergraduate semester 30 years ago and just loved it.
please continue. i would like to see his next set. the plates are so much more scandalous than i would thought would have been allowed at the time,
Excellent presentation, Thank You!
Wow Dr. Kat..Outstanding presentation. I watch you very often and usually never comment. But, this again was really, really well done. Yes, please do a "Rake's Progress".
Amazing explanation of details
🖼 ✨️ thanks for the super in depth analysis! This was great!
what an absolute fascinating video. I had never even seen these plates, and your description and analysis of the symbolism within each plate has given me more to explore about Hogarth. Looking forward to the next video.
This is a good dissection, thanks so much Dr. Kat! 🎨
Definitely down for The Rake's Progress too 😏😉✨
🎨enjoy your content and balanced presentation of history/people
Another progress? Yes, please!
This is fascinating. Thank you so much for this artistic analysis, Dr. Kat!❤
🫖 spilled and enjoyed. Thank you.
Thank you for this wonderful video! I’ve seen these prints before but never knew half of the detail you pointed out. ❤❤❤
Wow! Interesting content; thank you for sharing this content. It unexpectedly helped me put together how the very “shameful “ birth certificates of tarot, sexuality, religion,, patriarchal norms, witches, politics and “polite society” are connected to modern day social systems.
What a sad story! D: I did really enjoy your discussion about it, though, and look forward to the Rake's Progress!
Dr. Kat, if you do explore The Rake’s Progress, please include information about its connection to Igor Stravinksy’s famous opera with the same name. Thanks! 🎨🎭🎶
This was brilliant to watch and learn, I’d never been interested in Hogarth before your videos and this story is very compelling.
Well done. I have learned much about symbolism.😊
🖌 Thanks!