The execution of the idle apprentice at Tyburn. Engraving by T. Cook, 1795, after W. Hogarth, 1747.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Date:
1 July 1795
Reference:
906i
Part of:
Industry and idleness
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About this work

Publication/Creation

[London] (11 Little Britain) : T. Cook; [London] (25 Paternoster Row) : G.G. & I. Robinson, 1 July 1795.

Physical description

1 print : engraving and etching ; platemark 28 x 41.9 cm.

Lettering

The idle prentice executed at Tyburn ... Design'd by W. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook. Lettering continues with quotation from Proverbs I, 27-28, "When fear cometh as desolation ... but he will not answer."

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. 3, London 1877, no. 2992

Reference

Wellcome Collection 906i

Reproduction note

After Hogarth's engraving, catalogued by R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3rd ed., London 1989, as no. 178

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