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The industrious 'prentice Lord Mayor of London

The industrious 'prentice Lord Mayor of London
1747
plate 12 from the Industry and idleness series

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
27.0 × 40.4 cm (image and plate) 28.6 × 43.8 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 179 iii/iii; BM Satires 2997
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Printing/Publishing
published by John Boydell, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Engrav'd & Designed by W..m (m in superscript above .. ) Hogarth.
printed in ink l.c.: Plate 12 (trimmed)
printed in ink u.c.: The INDUSTRIOUS 'PRENTICE Lord-Mayor of London.
printed in ink (in cartouche) l.c.: Proverbs CHAP: III. Ver: 16. / Length of days is in her right hand, and / in her left hand Riches and Honour.
Accession Number
1995.358.12
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Emeritus Professor P. W. Musgrave, Member, 1995
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display