WILLIAM HOGARTH
English, 1697-1764
A Harlot’s Progress, 5
etching and engraving, 1732
The William A. Whitaker Foundation Art Fund, 92.6.5 

Out of prison but infected with syphilis and reduced to poverty, Moll is dying. Her servant tries to get the attention of the two doctors, who are more interested in disputing the merits of their prescriptions than in attending to the patient. The servant's deformed nose is a sign that she has suffered from the same disease as Moll. (The connection between noses and prostitution is also alluded to in the illustrations to Tristram Shandy, on display at the end of this gallery.)

A child, presumably Moll's but ignored by everyone in the room, tries to cook himself a meal.