Idleness [graphic].

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Title: Idleness [graphic].
Contributor: Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, printer.
Published / Created: [between 1812 and 1817]
Publication Place: Alnwick and England Alnwick
Publisher: Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Abstract: In a churchyard four young men, one of whom is a boot-black, play a game of hustle-cap on a tomb; a beadle raises his cane to strike them; in the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave; beyond, the congregation enters the church
Description: Title etched below image.
Date suggested by Isaac.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Plate numbered "30" in upper right corner.
After a Hogarth print entitled "The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard, during divine service," from his series "Industry and idleness."
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: From the Ian Robertson Collection. John Turton; September 2019.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.5 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 26.4 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England Alnwick 1812
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Gambling
Officials
Shoe shiners
Skulls
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Young adults
Subjects: Gambling
Officials
Shoe shiners
Skulls
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Young adults
England > Alnwick > 1812

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