The Industrious 'Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian, by Hogarth

An image of The Industrious 'Prentice performing the Duty of a Christian. Plate 2, Industry and Idleness. Hogarth, William (British, 1697-1764). Etching, engraving,1747. Production Note: State II/II.

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The Industrious 'Prentice performing the Duty of a Christian. Plate 2, Industry and Idleness. Hogarth, William (British, 1697-1764). Etching, engraving,1747. Production Note: State II/II.

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Accession Number: 22.K.3-41
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 781 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 272.42kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2014:06:04 14:27:00

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