A Harlot's Progress, Plate 1

AAT Object Form/FunctionEngravings (prints)

Date1732

MediumEngraving

Credit LineGift of Dr. Robert P. Coggins

Dimensions18 5/8 x 24 1/8 in. (47.3 x 61.3 cm)

Object number1977.003.024

Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
Old Master Drawings and Prints from the Museum Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 12 - June 7, 1986
A Harlot's Progress: Hogarth's Comic History, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 1 - December 4, 2011
Published ReferencesEmory University, Campus Report (August 7, 1978), 1.
Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections, Atlanta, Georgia, February 15 - April 4, 1982 (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 14.
MCCM Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2011.

ProvenanceEx coll. Dr. Robert P. Coggins (1924-1989), Marietta, Georgia. Donated by Coggins to Emory University Art History Department, 1977. Transferred to Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, ca. 1981.

InscribedBL "A Harlots Progress Plate 1"

Status

Not on view

Collections

Works of Art on Paper

Technical NotesEmory students Eveleigh Wagner and Courtney Von Stein worked with consulting paper conservator Elizabeth Schulte to clean six prints of A Harlot’s Progress by British artist William Hogarth. As acid is gently washed out of the paper, the prints become brighter and more stable for long-term preservation. The bathing process illustrates Le Chatelier’s principle, demonstrating the effects of temperature and concentration on pH. This video describes the process.