
William HogarthEngeland, 1697–1764Mag men het zien?
Chicago, Verenigde Staten
Het hoort bij de collectie, maar is momenteel niet tentoongesteld.
Arrested and thrown into prison, the now prominently pockmarked Moll proves inadequate to the physical labor of beating hemp for hangmen’s nooses. Amid cardsharps and debtors, she appears particularly out of place in her elaborate dress. But she seems destined for even more difficult straits, given that both her former servant and the jailer’s wife are seen here stealing from her.
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