The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn [graphic]

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 Parliamt. 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 etched 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."
1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 27.1 x 40.4 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 43.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm.
Plate 54 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction. Purchased by W.S. Lewis at Sotheby's, Miss M.A.E. Crofton sale, lot 341; 15 November 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.5 x 40 cm, on sheet 31.0 x 44 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Plate 54. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764]