Industry & Idleness Plate 2 The Industrious 'Prentice performing the Duty of a Christian by William Hogarth circa 1747
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4185 x 3000 px | 35.4 x 25.4 cm | 14 x 10 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1883Location:
EnglandMore information:
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Plate from Hogarth's Works published 1883 by Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. Info from wiki: Industry and Idleness is the title of a series of 12 plot-linked engravings created by William Hogarth in 1747, intending to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application and the sure disasters attending a lack of both. In plate 2 Plate two occurs at some point on a Sunday, when their master has given them part (or all) of the day to attend church service. Francis Goodchild is shown taking good advantage of this, attending St. Martin-in-the-Fields, [7] standing in a pew with his master's daughter, singing out of a hymnal. Their piety is contrasted with the sleeping man in the pew and the vain woman at the far right, and complements the quiet devotion of the old pew opener, the woman who has the keys to the pew, who is facing away from the service to spot new arrivals.[8] Significantly, since this is the first in the series of images of Francis' fortune, his career is literally shown to start with his devotion.