The Idle 'Prentice Returned from Sea and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute: Industry and Idleness, plate 7
William Hogarth
September 30, 1747
Medium
Etching and engraving; only state
Dimensions
sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 5/8 in. (26.2 x 34.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(44)
Tags
BedroomsMenWomenCatsProstitutes
About the Artist
William Hogarth · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...