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'The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea', plate V of Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth

'The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea', plate V of Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth

1-237-238 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

'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.

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  1. William Hogarth, attributed to: British; English: Artist, painter, engraver
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  1. William Hogarth: British; English: Artist, painter, engraver
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  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Satire
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World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets

  1. 51 32 00 N , 000 02 00 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4694x3720
File Size : 51,158kb

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  1. 25131
  1. 0220000150
  1. 1-237-238
  1. 1237238
  1. 150
  1. 25131
  1. A3
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