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William Hogarth

The Idle 'Prentice Returned from Sea and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute: Industry and Idleness, plate 7

September 30, 1747
Etching and engraving; only state
26.2 × 34.6 cm (10.3 × 13.6 in)

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