M0008975: Hogarth's "Industry and Idleness", plate III

Date:
17 December 1943
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/78/74
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M0008975: Hogarth's "Industry and Idleness", plate III. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Hogarth's The idle 'Prentice at play ...

Description

Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth from 1795 of the third scene from Hogarther's series of paintings "Industry and Idleness" titled "The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service". The engraving depicts Tom Idle gambling with companions on a tombstone in a graveyard. Related images: V0049198

Publication/Creation

17 December 1943

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 38362i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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