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The fellow 'prentices at their looms

The fellow 'prentices at their looms
1747
plate 1 from the Industry and idleness series

Medium
etching and engraving

Measurements
26.4 × 34.7 cm (image and plate) 27.5 × 35.7 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 168 ii/ii; BM Satires 2896

Edition
2nd of 2 states

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Designed & Engrav'd by W,,m (m in superscript above ,, ) Hogarth.
printed in ink l.r.: Publiſh'd according to Act of Parliament 30 Sep. 1747.
printed in ink l.c.: Plate I
printed in ink (in banner) u.c.: INDUSTRY and IDLENESS
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms.
printed in ink (in cartouche) l.c.l.: Proverbs Chap: 23,Ve:21, / The Drunkard shall come to / Poverty, & drowsineſs shall / cloath a Man w,,th (th in superscript above ,, ) rags.
printed in ink (in cartouche) l.c.r.: Proverbs Ch: 10. Ver:4. / The hand of the diligent / maketh rich

Accession Number
1278.452-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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