Sujet

'The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn', plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth

Légende

'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.

Date

1747

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A75_476

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,8Mo) / 42,5cm x 29,4cm / 5023 x 3478 (300dpi)

Mots clés

London England food crowd job religious industry entertainment religion law failure crime occupation death Christianity century profession criminal concept punishment pastime B&W idleness MONOCHROME apprentice preaching gallows street seller gingerbread Failed Paddington execution preacher black & white black and white B W Methodist 18th century Eighteenth Century executioner City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Methodism street trader TGN Tiddy Doll Tom Idle Tyburn satire engraving William Hogarth W Hogarth William Hogarth;Hogarth William;W Hogarth Hogarth William