The Industrious 'Prentice a Favorite and Entrusted by his Master (Industry and Idleness, plate 4)
September 30, 1747
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
plate: 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. (26.3 x 34.3 cm) sheet: 10 11/16 x 13 7/8 in. (27.1 x 35.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.12
Tags
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...