[Industry and idleness in twelve plates].
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33199959
Description
- Title
- [Industry and idleness in twelve plates].
- Alternative Title
- Fellow apprentices at their looms
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [30 September 1747]
- Publication Place
- London and England London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
-
A series of twelve plates following the careers of two apprentice weavers, one who through industry rises to become Mayor of London while the other through his idleness ends up hanged at Tyburn
- Description
-
Title devised by cataloger.
Series title engraved above image; plate numbering below image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Gifted by Henry Man (1747/48-1799) to his son Harry Stoe Man (1783-1848) in 1796. Purchased from Jarndyce, December 2019.
- Extent
- 12 prints in 1 volume : plate mark 26.2 x 35 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 38 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 747
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Etchings England London 1747
- Material
- etching and engraving ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Apprentices
Cats
Looms
Rake's progress
Sleeping
Supervisors
Textile industry
Weaving - Subjects
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Apprentices
Cats
Looms
Rake's progress
Sleeping
Supervisors
Textile industry
Weaving
England > London > 1747
Man, Harry Stoe, 1783-1848 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 17148322
- Object ID (OID)
- 33199959