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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Plate 48. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sea chest stamped "Tho Idle his Chest" set in a row boat on the Thames tells us that it is Tom Idle who is being rowed out to sea by a waterman smoking pipe. Using his fingers to make horns on his head, Tom also makes a face at the sailor who points...
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice turned away and sent to sea
- Description:
- Title engraved above image.
- Subject (Topic):
- Apprentices, Chests, Crying, Families, Gallows, Gestures, Mothers, Rowboats, Rowing, Sailing ships, Sailors, Windmills, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice turn'd away, and sent to sea [graphic]









