| Image caption: The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn |
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Title: | The IDLE 'PRENCTICE Executed at Tyburn. | |
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Item Identifier: | 2007.6.1 (Accession) | |
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Work Type: | engravings | |
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Creator: | Hogarth, William (1697-1764), England, engraver Heath, William (1795-1840), publisher |
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Date: | 1822 | |
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Description: | Plate 11 of William Hogarth's "Industry and Idleness" series. Woman at the center of the image peddles a broadside which reads "The last dying Speech & Confesson of the Idle." Caption at bottom of print reads: "Proverbs CHAP: I. Verses: 27, 28. / When fear cometh as desolation, and their / destruction cometh as a Whirlwind; when distress cometh upon them. when they shall / call upon God, but he will not answer." | |
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Dimensions: | plate: 27.6 x 39.9 cm | |
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Topics: | executions; satire; prints | |
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Nationality/Culture: | British, English | |
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Materials/Techniques: | engraving (printing process) on paper | |
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Note: | Series: Industry and Idleness. Plate 11. Subject: Designed and engraved by Hogarth in 1747, published by William Heath in 1822. General: Forms part of the Satiric Print collection. |
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Repository: | Harvard Law School Library 2007.6.1 |
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