The industrious 'prentice Lord-Mayor of London [graphic] / engrav'd & design'd by Wm. Hogarth.

Creator:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.

Edition:

[State 3].

Published/Created:

[London] :
[Wm. Hogarth],
publish'd according to act of Parliamet [sic] Sep. 30 1747.

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 27.0 x 40.1 cm, on sheet 30.2 x 44.3 cm

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Notes:

Title engraved above image.
Series title 'Industry and idleness', state, and publisher from Paulson.
"Plate 12"--Below frame, centered.
Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Chap III. Ver: 16. Length of days is in her right hand and in her left hand riches and hounour."

Abstract:

The former industrious appretice Francis Goodchild is now Lord Mayor. The scene is Cheapside where we see the Lord-Mayor's carriage surrounded by a mob and with spectators in stands and at every window. The spectators in the stands include the Prince and Princess of Wales. Both sides of the frame are decorated with cornucopias.

Variant Titles:

Industrious apprentice Lord-Mayor of London
Industry and idleness. Plate 12.

Topics:

Crowds.
Judges.
Mayors.
Parables.
Parades & processions.

Topics:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Sotheby, Frederick Edward,--1837-1909--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1747.

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Call Number:

Sotheby
55
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Sotheby 55 Box 100

Orbis Record:

9882536

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr26204a

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2997
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 179

OID:

16194080

PID:

digcoll:4048635