The industrious 'prentice performing the duty of a Christian

Hogarth, William (1697-1764)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1747
Height:
26.6 cm  (10 1/2 in.)
Width:
34.9 cm  (13 3/4 in.)
Sheet dimensions: Height: 31.1 cm; Width 47.8 cm
Technique / Medium:
etching and engraving
Place of creation:
London (England)

Additional titles

Industry and idleness (plate 2)

    Item location

  • British Museum
    Prints & Drawings[Museum inv. no.: 1848,1125.211]

Description

A group of approximately 50 people are singing; organ pipes visible in the background.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Organ [2266]

Image URLs

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Notes

Inscription in lower center "frame" of engraving: Psalm CXIX, Ver: 97. O how I love thy law, it is my meditation all the day.

RIdIM record id

818