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The industrious 'prentice Lord Mayor of London

William HOGARTH
The industrious 'prentice Lord Mayor of London
 1747
plate 12 from the Industry and idleness series

Medium
etching and engraving

Measurements
27.0 × 40.4 cm (image and plate) 28.6 × 43.8 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

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

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 179 iii/iii; BM Satires 2997

Edition
3rd of 3 states

Printing/Publishing
published by John Boydell, London

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Engrav'd & Designed by W..m (m in superscript above .. ) Hogarth.
printed in ink l.c.: Plate 12 (trimmed)
printed in ink u.c.: The INDUSTRIOUS 'PRENTICE Lord-Mayor of London.
printed in ink (in cartouche) l.c.: Proverbs CHAP: III. Ver: 16. / Length of days is in her right hand, and / in her left hand Riches and Honour.

Accession Number
1995.358.12

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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