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- Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, published from 1757 to 1795, was an annual directory of prostitutes then working in Georgian London. A small pocketbook, it was printed and published in Covent Garden, and sold for two shillings and sixpence. A contemporary report of 1791 estimates its circulation at about 8,000 copies annually. Each edition contains entries describing the physical appearance and sexual specialities of about 120–190 prostitutes who worked in and around Covent Garden. Through their erotic prose, the list's entries review some of these women in lurid detail. While most compliment their subjects, some are critical of bad habits, and a few women are even treated as pariahs, perhaps having fallen out of favour with the list's authors, who are never revealed. Samuel Derrick is the man normally credited for the design of Harris's List, possibly having been inspired by the activities of a Covent Garden pimp, Jack Harris. A Grub Street hack, Derrick may have written the lists from 1757 until his death in 1769; thereafter, the annual's authors are unknown. Throughout its print run it was published pseudonymously by H. Ranger, although from the late 1780s it was printed by three men: John and James Roach, and John Aitkin. As the public's opinion began to turn against London's sex trade, and with reformers petitioning the authorities to take action, those involved in the release of Harris's List were in 1795 fined and imprisoned. That year's edition was the last to be published. By then, its content was cruder, lacking the originality of earlier editions. Modern writers tend to view Harris's List as erotica; in the words of one author, it was designed for "solitary sexual enjoyment". (en)
- Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies est une publication britannique, parue annuellement entre 1757 et 1795, répertoriant les prostituées du quartier de Covent Garden, à Londres. Éditée en format de poche, elle était imprimée à Covent Garden et vendue au prix de deux shillings et six pence. Dans son ouvrage Tableau de l'Angleterre publié en 1788, Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz estime à environ 8 000 le nombre d'exemplaires de la revue vendus chaque année. Chaque numéro répertorie de 120 à 190 prostituées, officiant dans le quartier de Covent Garden ou dans ses environs, et fournit pour chacune des dames une description physique et un inventaire des pratiques sexuelles proposées. (fr)
- Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies var en handbok över Londons prostituerade som gavs ut mellan 1757 och 1795. Den listade enskilda prostituerade verksamma i London, och beskrev deras utseende och tjänster för presumtiva kunder. Handboken gavs ut i ett litet format och cirkulerade år 1791 i cirka 8 000 exemplar. De prostituerade beskrivs i ett slags recensioner, och kunde få både positiva och negativa omdömen. Författarna är okända, men Samuel Derrick tros ha författat den åtminstone fram till 1769. Den utgavs anonymt under pseudonymen H. Ranger. Handboken stoppades 1795, sedan dess utgivare hade fängslats i ett samhällsklimat som blivit alltmer negativt inställt till prostitution. I Sverige är Peter Wessmans lista över prostituerade och kopplare i Stockholm från år 1786, Samling af wisor, poesier och artiga anecdoter, den närmaste motsvarigheten. (sv)
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- Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, published from 1757 to 1795, was an annual directory of prostitutes then working in Georgian London. A small pocketbook, it was printed and published in Covent Garden, and sold for two shillings and sixpence. A contemporary report of 1791 estimates its circulation at about 8,000 copies annually. (en)
- Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies est une publication britannique, parue annuellement entre 1757 et 1795, répertoriant les prostituées du quartier de Covent Garden, à Londres. Éditée en format de poche, elle était imprimée à Covent Garden et vendue au prix de deux shillings et six pence. Dans son ouvrage Tableau de l'Angleterre publié en 1788, Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz estime à environ 8 000 le nombre d'exemplaires de la revue vendus chaque année. (fr)
- Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies var en handbok över Londons prostituerade som gavs ut mellan 1757 och 1795. Den listade enskilda prostituerade verksamma i London, och beskrev deras utseende och tjänster för presumtiva kunder. I Sverige är Peter Wessmans lista över prostituerade och kopplare i Stockholm från år 1786, Samling af wisor, poesier och artiga anecdoter, den närmaste motsvarigheten. (sv)
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