Industry and idleness [graphic] / design'd by Wm. Hogarth.
Published / Created:
[London] : Printed for Carington Bowles, in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, [between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Title from top margin of print 1.
Contents:
1. The fellow 'prentices at their looms -- 2. The industrious 'prentice performing the duty of a Christian -- 3. The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard, during divine service -- 4. The industrious 'prentice a favourite and entrusted by his master -- 5. The idle 'prentice turn'd away, and sent to sea -- 6. The industrious 'prentice out of his time and married to his master's daughter -- 7. The idle 'prentice return'd from sea, and in a garret with a common prostitute -- 8. The industrious 'prentice grown rich , and sherigg of London -- 9. The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore, and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice -- 10. The industrious 'prentice Alderman of London, the idle one brouht before him & impeach'd by his accomplice -- 11. The idle 'prentice executed a Tyburn -- 12. The industrious 'prentice Lord Mayor of London.
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoons -- England -- Early works to 1800. | Satire, English -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800. | Conduct of life -- Humor -- England -- Early works to 1800.