Industry and Idleness, plate 8: The Industrious 'Prentice grown rich & Sheriff of London
Artist/Culture
William Hogarth
(British, 1697–1764)
Date1747
Mediumetching and engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensionsplate: 26.7 x 34.7 cm
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Richard Ward Greene
Object number1913.95.84
DescriptionPrinted on the same page with 1913.95.83, from John Nichols, ed., The works of William Hogarth: from the original plates restored by James Heath: with the addition of many subjects not before collected, to which is prefixed a biographical essay on the genius and productions of Hogarth, and explanations of the subjects of the plates, Printed for Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1821-22; the volume disbound in WAM collection.On View
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