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The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea
1747
plate 5 from the Industry and idleness series
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
26.5 × 34.8 cm (image and plate) 30.1 × 40.6 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 172 iii/iii; BM Satires 2935
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Printing/Publishing
published by John Boydell, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Design'd & Engrav'd by W..m (m in superscript above .. ) Hogarth
printed in ink l.r.: Publish'd according to Act of Parliam..t (t in superscript above .. ) Sep.. 30. 1747.
printed in ink l.c.: Plate 5.
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: The IDLE 'PRENTICE turn'd away, and ſent to Sea.
printed in ink (in cartouche) l.c.: Proverbs CHAP: X. Ve: 1. / A Foolish Son is the heavineſs / of his Mother.
Accession Number
1995.358.5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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