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'The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn', plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
/1237270.jpg "'The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn', plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth")
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'The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn', plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747; The crowds gather at Tyburn to watch 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. Final state of plate.
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Creator
- William Hogarth, attributed to: {British; English}: Artist, painter, engraver
After
- William Hogarth: British; English: Artist, painter, engraver
Geographic Hierarchy
World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London City of Westminster Westminster
- 51 29 09 N , 000 08 01 W
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Lifestyle & Leisure Sport & Pastimes
Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media
Artistic Representations Satires
Society & Culture Death & Burial
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5023x3478
File Size : 51,182kb
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- 25261
- 0220000187
- 1-237-270
- 1237270
- 187
- 25261
- A3