Idleness [graphic].
- Copyright Date:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.5 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 26.4 cm
- Notes:
- After a Hogarth print entitled "The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard, during divine service," from his series "Industry and idleness."
Date suggested by Isaac.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Plate numbered "30" in upper right corner.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Title etched below image. - Abstract:
- In a churchyard four young men, one of whom is a boot-black, play a game of hustle-cap on a tomb; a beadle raises his cane to strike them; in the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave; beyond, the congregation enters the church.
- Topics:
- Gambling.
Officials.
Shoe shiners.
Skulls.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments.
Young adults. - Topics:
- Davison, William, 1780-1858, printer.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--Alnwick--1812.
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.113
- Orbis Record:
- 14598479
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr38021
- Citation:
- Isaac, P. Some Alnwick caricatures, no. 30
- OID:
- 16854863
- PID:
- digcoll:4835541
