Sketch for plate XI of 'Industry and Idleness', 1747. Artist: William Hogarth.

Sketch for plate XI of 'Industry and Idleness', 1747. Artist: William Hogarth.

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Sketch for plate XI of 'Industry and Idleness', 1747. 'The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn'. The crowds gather at Tyburn to watch Tom Idle's execution. A Methodist preacher urges him to repent; the executioner sits astride the gallows. A woman peddles the 'Last Dying Speech' and Tiddy Doll sells gingerbread, amidst fighting and shouting spectators. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]


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People Information

Creator
  1. William Hogarth: Artist, painter, printmaker, engraver
People Related
  1. Henry Austin Dobson: English, British: Poet and essayist

Picture Type
  1. Satire

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London City of Westminster Westminster

  1. 51 29 09 N , 000 08 01 W

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Occupations

Society & Culture Law & Crime

Artistic Representations Satires

Society & Culture Death & Burial


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6318x3646
File Size : 67,487kb


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  1. 0580039602
  1. 2-636-814
  1. 2636814

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