The idle 'prentice turn'd away, and sent to sea [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The idle 'prentice turn'd away, and sent to sea [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Idle apprentice turned away and sent to sea
- 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] : [Wm. Hogarth]
- Abstract
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A sea chest stamped "Tho Idle his Chest" set in a row boat on the Thames tells us that it is Tom Idle who is being rowed out to sea by a waterman smoking pipe. Using his fingers to make horns on his head, Tom also makes a face at the sailor who points to a gallows on the shore (Cuckold's Point), while another sailor shows him a rope. Idle's mother sits before him wiping her weeping eyes. In the background on shore are various ships and a line of windmills. In the lower left corner, Tom's Indenture floats on the waves. The left of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the right 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 5"--Below frame.
Fifth plate in the series of twelve: "Industry and idleness".
Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Chap:XXV.Ve:1. A Foolish Son is the heaviness of his Mother."
Sewn into contemporary blue paper wrappers with the eleven other plates in the series, all on wove paper; inscribed "H. Man. 1798" on front wrapper. With a further brown paper dust wrapper and brown paper envelope, inscribed "Hogarth Industrious and Idle Apprentice. H.S. Man 1796, a gift from his father". For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Gifted by Henry Man (1747/48-1799) to his son Harry Stoe Man (1783-1848) in 1796. Jarndyce; December 2019.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 26.3 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 29.6 x 39.1 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 747
- Collection Title
- Plate 48. 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]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Etchings England London 1747
- Material
- etching with engraving ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Apprentices
Chests
Crying
Families
Gallows
Gestures
Mothers
Rowboats
Rowing
Sailing ships
Sailors
Windmills
Rake's progress - Subjects
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Apprentices
Chests
Crying
Families
Gallows
Gestures
Mothers
Rowboats
Rowing
Sailing ships
Sailors
Windmills
Rake's progress
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
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9882453
- Object ID (OID)
- 33202326