The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
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Description
- Title
- The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
- Alternative Title
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Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
Industry and idleness, plate 9 - Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
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In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Description
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Title engraved above image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
"Plate 9"--Below frame.
Ninth plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness.
Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
On page 139 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 26.5 34.6 cm. - 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 26.0 x 34.4 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 38.5 cm
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Collection Date
- [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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Bars
Criminals
Fighting
Homicides
Judges
Pipes (Smoking)
Prostitutes
Rake's progress - Subjects
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Bars
Criminals
Fighting
Homicides
Judges
Pipes (Smoking)
Prostitutes
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
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
- 9856342
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194073