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William Hogarth

The Idle 'Prentice Betrayed by his Whore and Taken into a Night Cellar with his Accomplice: Industry and Idleness, plate 9

September 30, 1747
Etching and engraving; second state of four
26.1 × 34.6 cm (10.3 × 13.6 in)

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