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THE HARLOT'S PROGRESS. 25
which these prints were held, when their popu-
larity could-force the sale of such miserable pro-
ductions. Happily, they are now consigned to
those two high priests of the temple of oblivion,
the trunk-maker and the pastry-cook.
The six original pictures were sold on the 25th
of January, 1744-5, and produced eighty-eight
pounds four shillings. Mr. Beckford, a late lord
mayor of London, was, I believe, the purchaser.
At a fire which burnt down his house at Fontbill,
Wiltshire, in the year 1755, five of them -were
consumed.
which these prints were held, when their popu-
larity could-force the sale of such miserable pro-
ductions. Happily, they are now consigned to
those two high priests of the temple of oblivion,
the trunk-maker and the pastry-cook.
The six original pictures were sold on the 25th
of January, 1744-5, and produced eighty-eight
pounds four shillings. Mr. Beckford, a late lord
mayor of London, was, I believe, the purchaser.
At a fire which burnt down his house at Fontbill,
Wiltshire, in the year 1755, five of them -were
consumed.