tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post2544958798691285401..comments2024-03-28T16:41:29.596-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: A Harlot's Progress: Plate 4Heather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-58507734306487049382009-07-17T14:54:11.249-04:002009-07-17T14:54:11.249-04:00The whole thing makes me feel gross. Makes you won...The whole thing makes me feel gross. Makes you wonder what her life would've been like if she never turned to prostitution.... would she be happily married, with children and her own clothes and a nice house? It's sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-52447252228335063282008-12-01T21:21:00.000-05:002008-12-01T21:21:00.000-05:00ahhhh she is beating hemp. I never could figure ou...ahhhh she is beating hemp. I never could figure out what she was hitting in this one. It looks sort of like a big pickle.Bearded Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182921236123895352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-57184469861923737792008-11-27T13:08:00.000-05:002008-11-27T13:08:00.000-05:00Ooo all good questions! Anyone could end up in pr...Ooo all good questions! Anyone could end up in prison, young girls who commonly found themselves on the streets would resort to pickpocketing or prostitution. Emma Hamilton was barely 13 when she became a streetwalker. And yes pets and servants could go to prison with you, especially debtors prison. In fact, debtors prison was just like being forced to move into a crappy tenement and pay rent. Whole families moved in but could go out to do the grocery shopping. Many children were born in prison, if it was to unwed mothers they could always be left at the foundlings hospital. Actually, I should just do a post on prisons come to think of it!<BR/><BR/>A great account of debtors prison life can be found in <I>Perdita</I> the biography on Mary Robinson.Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-25215294278297611162008-11-27T01:44:00.000-05:002008-11-27T01:44:00.000-05:00Oh my gosh, so many questions, and from ony tiny p...Oh my gosh, so many questions, and from ony tiny picture! How could a young girl end up in prison? And allowing to bring pets and servants? Who fed them? Does one pay for stuff in prison? What becomes of infants born to inmates? Where men and women housed together?Felicity Nemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939280661357261871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-23468766982072766042008-11-25T16:12:00.000-05:002008-11-25T16:12:00.000-05:00Poor Moll--corrupted innocence punished. It just a...Poor Moll--corrupted innocence punished. It just ain't fair. <BR/>I had always thought that the man with the dog was slumming---or shopping ;) So he's an inmate as well? Well, he won't keep those fine clothes very long, since prison life isn't cheap. (And don't you love that even in debtor's prison, one still had to pay for one's needs? The irony would be funny if it weren't so sad.)<BR/><BR/>Happy Thanksgiving to all!Polonaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192167594851519558noreply@blogger.com