Title
'The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea', plate V of Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Caption
'The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea', plate V of Industry and Idleness,1747; the master is obliged to get rid of the idle 'prentice, who is sent to sea in the hope that discipline on board ship will reform him. The apprentice is rowed past Cuckolds Point to some ships moored off the Isle of Dogs. A gibbet can be seen in distance.
Date
1747
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives
Reference
HRM19A75_443
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,0Mb (3,7Mb) / 15,6in x 12,4in / 4694 x 3720 (300dpi)