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William Hogarth
Idleness
Alnwick : Printed and published by W Davison, [between 1812 and 1817]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.688
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Alnwick : Printed and published by W. Davison, [between 1812 and 1817]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Date suggested by Isaac and by BM record for this print.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at head of image.
No. 30 printed at upper right.
After a Hogarth print entitled "The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard, during divine service," from his series "Industry and idleness."
Summary:
Print shows a churchyard with four young men, one of whom is a boot-black, playing hustle-cap on a tomb; a beadle raises his cane to strike them; in the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave; beyond, the congregation enters the church.
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