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The Idle ’Prentice Betray’d by His Whore and Taken in a Night Cellar with His Accomplice
William Hogarth1747
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: The Idle ’Prentice Betray’d by His Whore and Taken in a Night Cellar with His Accomplice
- Creator: William Hogarth
- Date Created: 1747
- Subject Keywords: allegory, apprentices, labor, night, prostitution, series (groups), sex role, vices, virtues
- Set or Series Title: Industry and Idleness
- Print State: Third of four states
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1943
- Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: Dated October 1747; probably a later lifetime impression.
- Dimensions: 1764
- Bibliography: Paulson 176
- Associated People: Created by William Hogarth (British (English), 1697-1764)
- Accession Number: 1943.D1.105.9
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