The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service
William Hogarth · 1747 · etching and engraving
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About this picture
The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service is a public-domain illustration by William Hogarth, dated 1747. Etching and engraving. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service” (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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