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The Idle 'Prentice Turned Away and Sent to Sea: Industry and Idleness, plate 5

William Hogarth · 1697–1764

Maximum print size

31.2 × 23.6 cm · 12.3 × 9.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,684 × 2,800 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 31.2 × 23.6 cm · 12.3 × 9.3 in
Mat border, sides: 9.9 cm · 3.9 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: September 30, 1747
Medium: Etching and engraving; first state of three
Type: Prints
Size: 26.4 × 34.8 cm · 10.4 × 13.7 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Boats, Men, Satire
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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