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William Hogarth
The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn 1747
etching and engraving
27.3 × 40.5 cm (image and plate) 30.4 × 43.2 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Emeritus Professor P. W. Musgrave, Member, 1995
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The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn
1747
plate 11 from the Industry and idleness series
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
27.3 × 40.5 cm (image and plate) 30.4 × 43.2 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 178 iii/iii; BM Satires 2989
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Printing/Publishing
published by John Boydell, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Design'd & Engrave'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 11
printed in ink u.c.: The IDLE 'PRENTICE Executed at Tyburn.
printed in ink (in cartouche) l.c.: Proverbs CHAP: I. Verſ:s (s in superscript above : )27, 28. / When fear cometh as desolation, and their / destruction cometh as a Whirlwind; when / distreſs cometh upon them. Then they shall / call upon God, but he will not answer.
Accession Number
1995.358.11
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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