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William Hogarth

The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeached by his Accomplices (Industry and Idleness, plate 10)

September 30, 1747
Etching and engraving; second state of two
25.8 × 34.8 cm (10.2 × 13.7 in)

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