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The Idle ’Prentice Turned Away and Sent to Sea
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The Idle ’Prentice Turned Away and Sent to Sea
174718th century
264 x 348 mm (10.4 x 13.7 in.)
William Hogarth, British (English), (1697–1764)
- allegory
- apprentices - Persons who learn by practical experience under skilled workers a trade or art, usually for a prescribed period of time and for a prescribed compensation. W [July 1994 related term added. January 1993 alternate term added.]
- labor - Usage in the sense of physical work
- series (groups) - Use for related publications issued successively, especially those bearing a collective as well as an individual title; and, in the visual arts, for groups of works by a single artist having a specific and purposeful relation among the works. [March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'series'; alternate term added; descriptor moved. January 1991 scope note added.]
- vices - LC sh 85143163
- virtues - LC sh 85143810
- plate Dimensions: 264 x 348 mm (10.4 x 13.7 in.)
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William Hogarth, British (English), (1697–1764) . The Idle ’Prentice Turned Away and Sent to Sea, 1747. From Industry and Idleness. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Second of two states. plate : 264 x 348 mm (10.4 x 13.7 in.). DAC accession number 1943.D1.105.5. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1943. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .
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