Industry and Idleness: The Industrious Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian
William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764) · 1747 · etching
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Industry and Idleness: The Industrious Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian is a CC0 illustration by William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764), dated 1747. Etching. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Industry and Idleness: The Industrious Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian” (1747) is a Hogarth subject: a scene of contemporary life, usually an engraving, meant to be read for what the people are doing.
About the artist
William Hogarth (1697–1764) was an English painter and engraver of modern moral subjects. Series such as A Harlot’s Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode tell one story across several plates.
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