The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn [graphic]

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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 Parliament, 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 engraved 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.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark; right corner worn with loss of last two characters in the date.
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 : sheet 27.2 x 41 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English