Six vignette images, arranged in two rows of three, that tell the story of the "idle 'prentice" from William Hogarth's "Industry and Idleness" series of prints. Three lines of verse are printed above and below each vignette, each stanza ending with th...
Six vignette images, arranged in two rows of three, that tell the story of the "industrious 'prentice" from William Hogarth's "Industry and Idleness" series of prints. Three lines of verse are printed above and below each vignette, each stanza ending ...
Description:
Title from text above images.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Apprentices, Parables, Churches, City council members, and Carriages & coaches
A loose plagiary (reversed) after Hogarth's eighth plate in the Rake's Progress series: A scene in Bedlam with Tom half-naked and in a state of distress restrained by attendants; two women revive a fainting Sarah Young (right). Tom's old wife looks at...
Alternative Title:
Soon hurried thro' a course of vice ...
Description:
Title from original as cited by Paulson. Added titel from first line of verse etched below image. Verses (in four columns six lines each) continue: " ... with sots & panders, whores & dice, his mind by jarring passions tost ... with superstitions fear...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Asylums, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, Parables, and Rake's progress
