[Moll dying of syphilis]

[Moll dying of syphilis]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 artist
Publication:
[London : s.n., 1732]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Syphilis
Sex Work
Genre(s):
Pictorial Work
Abstract:
Plate 5 from "A Harlot's Progress". Moll sits in a chair dying while 2 doctors argue over their cures. Her serving-woman is holding out her right hand toward the arguing doctors. Another woman rifles through a trunk, and a small boy sits by the fire.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 print : 49 x 67 cm.
Technique:
engraving
NLM Unique ID:
101394131 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A024139
OCLC no.:
814440202
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101394131