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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