Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies was an annual directory published from 1757 – 1795 listing the prostitutes available in London’s Covent Garden area. If you’ve watch the TV series Harlots you will have seen the List referenced in the very first episode where one of the characters read the entries for the women in her brothel. I remember when I first saw that I squealed in nerdy excitement. The List took the form of a catalogue detailing the names, prices and physical descriptions of the women, as well as where they could be found and any so-called special talents they possessed. Although the List was published under Jack Harris’s name, the real and celebrated Covent Garden pimp never actually authored the work.

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