William Hogarth (1697–1764) completed his six oil paintings of A Harlot’s Progress in 1731 and issued his copperplate engravings in 1732 [1]. Hogarth sold the paintings to William Beckford, but in 1755 they were destroyed by fire along with Beckford’s Elizabethan mansion [2]. Narrative accounts of A Harlot’s Progress are thus based on engravings. The example accompanying this article is an engraving by Thomas Cook first published in Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth (1808). The book includes anecdotes from Hogarth and explanatory descriptions of his designs [3].

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威廉·霍加斯，《妓女的进步图板 IV》，1732 年

威廉·霍加斯（William Hogarth，1697-1764 年）于 1731 年完成了他的六幅油画《妓女的进步》，并于 1732 年发行了他的铜版画 [1]。霍加斯将这些画卖给了威廉·贝克福德，但在 1755 年，它们与贝克福德的伊丽莎白时期的豪宅一起被大火烧毁 [2]。因此，《妓女的成长》的叙述是基于版画的。本文随附的示例是 Thomas Cook 的版画，首次发表在Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the William Hogarth (1808) 中。这本书包括来自霍加斯的轶事和对他的设计的解释性描述 [3]。