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The Fellow 'Prentices at Their Looms, Plate 1: 22.K.3-40

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Fellow 'Prentices at Their Looms, Plate 1
Industry and Idleness

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hogarth, William

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

1740s
Production date: AD 1747

Note

State II/II

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 22.K.3-40
Primary reference Number: 129979
Paulson: 168
Stephens/George: 2896

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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