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The Industrious Prentice Grown Rich and Sheriff of London
1747
William Hogarth
1697-1764
English
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 10 1/4 × 13 3/4 inches (26 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 5/8 inches (27.9 × 37.1 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S592
This work is in the public domain.
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Inscribed, in plate, center upper edge: The INDUSTRIOUS 'PRENTICE grown rich, & Sheriff of London. Inscribed, center lower margin: Proverbs CH: IV. Ver: 7, 8. | With all thy getting get understanding. | Exhalt her, & she shall promote thee: she | shall bring thee to honour, when | thou dost Embrace her. Inscribed, lower left: Design'd & Engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth Inscribed, lower right: Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. Sepbr. 30, 1747.
Provenance
December 1886, Bangs sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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William Hogarth, The Industrious Prentice Grown Rich and Sheriff of London, 1747, engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S592.
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