Title

Sketch for 'Industry and Idleness' - Plate X, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth.

Caption

Sketch for 'Industry and Idleness' - Plate X, 1747. 'The industrious 'prentice alderman of London, the idle one brought before him and impeach'd by his accomplice', plate X of Industry and Idleness, 1747; The scene is a justice room in the City. Goodchild has committed Idle to Newgate for his crimes. The one-eyed man has turned Kings Evidence on his associate. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1747

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C77_392

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

84,1Mb (5,5Mb) / 21,3in x 15,3in / 6390 x 4600 (300dpi)

Keywords

England court job arts industry country success achievement law art failure crime occupation British English location century drawing reward Britain profession industrious concept punishment georgian B&W industriousness idleness accomplishment sketch betrayal MONOCHROME mercy Failed sketches black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century law court The Print Collector alderman Alderman of London Francis Goodchild impeachment Tom Idle satire William Hogarth W Hogarth Henry Austin Dobson Industry and Idleness Hogarth William Henry Austin Dobson Austin Dobson Henry Austin Dobson satire