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William Hogarth

The Industrious 'Prentice Out of his Time and Married to his Master's Daughter: Industry and Idleness, plate 6

September 30, 1747
Etching and engraving; third state of four
26.2 × 34.4 cm (10.3 × 13.5 in)

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