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The Idle 'Prentice Betrayed by his Whore and Taken in a Night Cellar with his Accomplice (Industry and Idleness, plate 9)

September 30, 1747
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: The Idle 'Prentice Betrayed by his Whore and Taken in a Night Cellar with his Accomplice (Industry and Idleness, plate 9)
  • Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London)
  • Date: September 30, 1747
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of four
  • Dimensions: plate: 10 5/16 x 13 9/16 in. (26.2 x 34.4 cm)
    sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 3/4 in. (26.9 x 35 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.17
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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