The Idle ’Prentice Returned from Sea and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute

William Hogarth1747

Details

Title: The Idle ’Prentice Returned from Sea and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute
Creator: William Hogarth
Date Created: 1747
Subject Keywords: allegory, apprentices, labor, prostitution, series (groups), sex role, vices, virtues
Set or Series Title: Industry and Idleness
Print State: Second of two 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 174
Associated People: Created by William Hogarth (British (English), 1697-1764)
Accession Number: 1943.D1.105.7

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