The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sep. 30, 1747.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
-
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground an unruly mob including a ragged woman selling a copy of "The last dying Speech & confession of Tho. Idle" and Tiddy Doll, the gingerbread seller."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title engraved above image.
Series title 'Industry and idleness', state, and publisher from Paulson.
"Plate 11"--Below frame, centered.
Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap 1. Verss: 27, 28. When fear cometh as desolation and their destruction cometh as a Whirlwind: when distress cometh upon them, then they shall call upon God, but he will not answer.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark; right corner worn with loss of last two characters in the date. - Provenance
- Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 27.2 x 41 cm
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Kinnaird 50K(a) Box 215
- Collection Title
- Leaf 45. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Collection Date
- [England], [not after 1753]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Etchings England London 1747 - Material
- etching with engraving ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Wesley, John, 1703-1791
- Subject (Topic)
-
Criminals
Crowds
Executions
Executioners
Judges
Parables
Skeletons
Spectators
Street vendors - Subjects
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Wesley, John, 1703-1791 > Caricatures and cartoons
Criminals
Crowds
Executions
Executioners
Judges
Parables
Skeletons
Spectators
Street vendors
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
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9867288
- Object ID (OID)
- 16030690
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