The fellow 'prentices at their looms [graphic]
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16194059
Description
- Title
- The fellow 'prentices at their looms [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Fellow apprentices at their looms
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- publish'd according to act of Parliament 30 Sep. 1747.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
-
In the weaver's workshop, Tom Idle sleeps, spindle in hand, at his loom beneath a ballad of Moll Flanders, having drunk from a large tankard lettered "Spittle Fields"; Francis Goodchild concentrates on his work while light streams through the window onto ballads of "The London Prentice" and "Whitington, Ld Mayor" on the wall above his head; a cat pulls at Idle's shuttle and the master, Mr. West, enters shaking his cane at his idle apprentice
- Description
-
Title engraved above image.
Series title engraved above image; plate numbering below image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark: 26.4 x 34.5 cm.
Fomerly on page 131 in volume 2. Removed in 2013 by LWL conservator. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 26.2 x 34.4 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 38.0 cm
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
- Collection Title
- Plate 44. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 40. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
- Collection Date
- [England], [1732-1764] [England], [not after 1753]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Etchings England London 1747
- Material
- etching with engraving ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Apprentices
Cats
Looms
Rake's progress
Sleeping
Supervisors
Textile industry
Weaving - Subjects
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Apprentices
Cats
Looms
Rake's progress
Sleeping
Supervisors
Textile industry
Weaving
England > London > 1747
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > 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
- 9882398
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194059
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