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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sepbr. 30, 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Plate 51. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Goodchild and his wife are seated in the place of honour in a large banquet hall. In the foreground, greedy liverymen are waited on by a young black man, while a boorish beadle stops a crowd of petitioners at the door, one of whom has handed him a letter addressed "To the Worshipt. Fras. Goodchild Es. Sher[iff of] ... Londo[n]." The walls are decorated with two large portraits, one of which is William III and a statue of Sr William Walworth Kt. The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Industrious apprentice grown rich and Sheriff of London
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 8"--Below frame., Eighth plate in the series of twelve: "Industry and idleness.", Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Ch:IV. Ver: 7,8. With all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her & she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 26.3 x 34.3 cm., and Formerly on page 138 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Banquets, Banquet halls, Business people, Eating & drinking, Gluttony, Servants, Sheriffs, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The industrious 'prentice grown rich & Sheriff of London [graphic]