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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) 28.7 × 43.3 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Emeritus Professor P. W. Musgrave, Member, 1995
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 168 ii/ii; BM Satires 2896
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
published by John Boydell, London
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
1995.358.1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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