Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Industry and idleness [Plate 8: The industrious 'prentice grown rich, & sheriff of London].
Call Number
A West 24/Drawer 15/GC106/Half Folio/18th-19th c./After Hogarth/Industrious Apprentice GA 2005.01377
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc6108vr32w
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1796/02/01.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1796
Extent
1 item
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Signed in plate, lower left: "Designed by Wm. Hogarth".
Item description: Bound in portfolio entitled "Hogarth // The industrious apprentice".
Inscribed in plate, below: "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".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Engraved by T. Cook".
Item description: Attached below Plate 7 from the series.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Apprentices—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Black people—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Sheriffs—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Wealth—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3470a20c-0a9e-4cee-8c15-6110d78216b4/manifest