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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament Sepbr. 30th 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 45. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Francis Goodchild shares the hymn book of his master's daughter as they sing the psalm at a service in a large church (St. Martin's-in-the-Fields) filled with pews; to the left, an elderly woman, the pew-opener, sits on a pile of hassocks. The minister stands in the three-decker pulpit; the reader and clerk are at their desks. The chandelier is decorated with a crown; the organ is shown in the background. The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles, and a hangman's rope; on the left frame, are the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain, and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Industrious apprentice performing the duty of a Christian
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., Second plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness., "Plate 2"--Below image., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Psalm CXIX Ver. 97. O! How I love thy law it is my meditation all the day.", and On page 132 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 26.4 x 34.6 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Chandeliers, Couples, Courtship, Churches, Clergy, Parables, Pews, Pulpits, Rake's progress, Religious services, Singing, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The industrious 'prentice performing the duty of a Christian [graphic]