The Industrious 'Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian (Industry and Idleness, plate 2)
September 30, 1747
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
plate: 10 3/8 x 13 9/16 in. (26.3 x 34.5 cm) sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 1/16 in. (26.7 x 35.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.10
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...