FRAMED WILLIAM HOGARTH ENGRAVING, THE INDUSTRIOUS PRENTICE, FROM THE INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS SERIES,English. 18th Century. After William Hogarth (1697-1764). Plate #9, entitled 'The Idle 'Prentice betray'd by his whore and taken in a night cellar by an accomplice'. Framed archivally with plexi in a modern gold-tone metal frame.
'Industry and Idleness is the title of a series of 12 plot-linked engravings created by William Hogarth in 1747, intending to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application and the sure disasters attending a lack of both. Unlike his earlier works, such as A Harlot's Progress (1731) and Marriage à-la-mode (1743), which were painted first and subsequently converted to engravings, Industry and Idleness was created solely as a set of engravings. The originals currently reside at the British Museum.' - Framed: 16 1/4" high x 20 1/4" wide. Estimate $200-300
