The INDUSTRIOUS PRENTICE. a Favourite, and entrusted by his Master.
Prints and Maps
William Hogarth (Designer)
John Bowles (Printseller)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1766-1779
Ink; Paper (laid)
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1969.1904
Object Number1969.1904 |
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The INDUSTRIOUS PRENTICE. a Favourite, and entrusted by his Master.
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
William Hogarth (Designer)
1697-10/26/1764
John Bowles (Printseller)
c.1701-1779
John Bowles traded under his own name from c. 1724-1754 and 1764-1779. He trained his son Carington Bowles (1724-1792) and they traded together as John Bowles and Son from 1754 to 1764. John's brother Thomas Bowles (1712-1767) had a similar business in St. Paul's Churchyard, which Carington took over in 1764 when his uncle retired. Carington and John then began trading separately under their own names. Carington was succeeded by his son Henry Carington Bowles (1763-1830), who printed under the name Bowles & Carver (with Samuel Carver). John was succeeded by Robert Wilkinson.
John Bowles, and later John Bowles and Son, used the inscription "at the Black Horse in Cornhill" until 1766, when fire damaged his shop. He relocated to No. 13 Cornhill by 1768.
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1766-1779
1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Designed by WHogarth.
Social/political commentary
Ink; Paper (laid)
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7.81 (H) , 11.1 (W) , 7.24 (Image H) , 10.41 (Image W)
19.85 (H) , 28.1 (W) , 7.24 (Image H) , 10.41 (Image W)
H at right of center. W at center. Plate H: 7.4 in. (18.7 cm). Plate W not available. Chain interval: 2.8 cm.
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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Hogarth first published the "INDUSTRY and IDLENESS" series in London, October 1747. He wrote in his "Autobiographical Notes" that this series was "calculated for the use and instruction of youth w[h]erein everything necessary to be known was to be made as intelligible as possible and as fine engraving was not necessary to the main design provided that which is infinitely more material viz the characters and expressions were well preserved, the purchase of them became within the reach of
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[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 176, p. 259.