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William Hogarth
Idleness
Alnwick : Printed and published by W. Davison, [between 1812 and 1817]
etching
image: 132 x 223 mm; sheet: 182 x 267 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.688
Notes
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."
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."
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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.
Associated names
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Idle 'prentice at play in the church yard, during divine service.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, printer.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, printer.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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