The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]

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Title: The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]
Alternative Title: Idle apprentice at play in the church yard during divine service
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament Sepbr 30, 1747.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: A churchyard with Tom Idle sprawled on a tomb playing hustle-cap with a one-eyed man wearing a striped cap and a ragged boot-black. A younger boy scratches his head in puzzlement as he watches the play, and a beadle raises his cane to strike Idle. In the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave. To the right in the background, the congregation enters the church
Description: Title etched above image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Third plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness.
"Plate 3"--Below frame.
Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Ch:XIX. Ve. 29. Judgments are prepar'd for Scorners & Stripes for the back of Fools.
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.5 x 34.9 cm
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Genre: Puns (Visual works)
Etchings England London 1747
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Gambling
Officials
Shoe shiners
Skulls
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Rake's progress
Subjects: Gambling
Officials
Shoe shiners
Skulls
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Rake's progress
England > London > 1747
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Ownership

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