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Etching of a lawyer and a knight confronting each other in a library office, with clerks writing at a desk and dogs in the fo

Hudibras and the Lawyer (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 12)

February 1725-26

Engraving of two men arguing over astrological charts in a cluttered study with a skeleton, hanging crocodile and cat.

Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 8)

February 1725-26

Satirical etching of a bedroom with a woman in bed, a crowd of men, and many rabbits scattered across the floor.

Cunicularii, or the Wise Men of Godlimon in Consultation

December 1726

Etching of a knight seated in wooden stocks while a crowd of onlookers gathers and gestures in a brick courtyard.

Hudibras in Tribulation (Twelve Large Illustrations for Saumel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 6)

February 1725-26

Etching of two mounted prisoners led through a street by a jeering crowd of men and women carrying cudgels, beside a building

Hudibras and Ralpho Made Prisoners and Carried to the Stocks (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudib…

1721-26

Engraving of a busy inn yard with a stagecoach, travelers, spectators on a balcony, and marching soldiers at right.

The Stage Coach, or Country Inn Yard

June 1747

Engraving of a city street fire with firefighters, a ladder, a hand pump, fleeing crowds, and smoke over burning buildings.

Spotprent op de toestand in het land, 1762

1762

Etching of a wheat field with a country house and trees on the horizon, and a seated figure with a dog in the lower left.

View of Ranby's House

May 1, 1781

Engraving of a night cellar with a fireplace, a woman holding a lantern, and men gambling and sleeping among overturned furni

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

September 30, 1747

Engraved crowd scene with a gallows, soldiers with pikes, spectators on stands and street hawkers in the foreground.

The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn (Industry and Idleness, plate 11)

September 30, 1747

Engraving of apprentices gambling on a tomb in a churchyard as a man with a cane looms over them, skulls and bones nearby.

The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Churchyard: Industry and Idleness, plate 3

September 30, 1747

Engraved street scene of musicians and drummers in a wedding procession beside a shop doorway with onlookers and a dog.

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

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a rowing boat on choppy water with an apprentice, a woman in a cloak, and a man at the oars; ships behind.

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

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a sailor and a woman startled in a cluttered garret bedroom beside a fireplace and bed.

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

September 30, 1747

Engraved scene of a crowded civic banquet in a hall, with feasting diners at a long table and a robed official at right.

The Industrious 'Prentice Grown Rich and Sheriff of London: Industry and Idleness, plate 8

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a church interior with an apprentice and young woman sharing a hymnal in a pew, organ and congregation behind.

The Industrious 'Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian: IIndustry and Idleness, plate 2

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a church interior with an apprentice and young woman singing from a hymnal in a pew, an organ and congregation b

The Industrious 'Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian: Industry and Idleness, plate 2

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a master and apprentice at a desk beside a workshop of spinners, with a cat and dog in the foreground.

The Industrious 'Prentice a Favorite, and Entrusted by his Master: Industry and Idleness, plate 4

September 30, 1747

Etching of seated men in ruffed collars at a table, one balancing an egg, with a standing figure and column behind them.

Columbus Breaking the Egg

December 1, 1753

Engraving of two apprentices at looms in a workshop, one idle beside a dog, with a well-dressed man and a book at right.

The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms: Industry and Idleness, plate 1

September 30, 1747

Engraved courtroom scene of a seated alderman before accused apprentices, with a clerk writing and a crowd behind a railing.

The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, the Idle One Brought Before Him & Impeached by his Accomplice: Industry…

September 30, 1747

Engraved still life of piled arms, trumpets, shields and flags on a plinth, with a subscription receipt printed below.

A Stand of Arms, Musical Instruments, etc.

March 1749-50

Engraving of eight fish in symmetrical rows around a central fish, titled Pisces, One of the Signs in the Zodiac.

Pisces: Hogarth's Quadrille Fish

ca. 1730

Engraved city street scene with a central statue, fountain, crowds, soldiers firing muskets, and a sign reading Conspiracy De

The Times, Plate 2

May 29, 1790

Engraving of a crowded city street with firefighters battling burning buildings, onlookers, and shop signs.

The Times, Plate 1

September 7, 1762

Engraved print of a crowded fair with wooden stages, flags, a tightrope walker, musicians, and a dense crowd of people.

The Humours and Diversions of the Southwark Fair / Les Bizarerries et Les Plaisirs de La Foire de Southwark

1733-1825 [after 1733 oriiginal]

Pen drawing in an oval frame of figures in period dress in an interior, with a card table and seated woman at right.

The Rape of the Lock

19th century (?)

Etching of five standing figures in fur-trimmed robes and tall hats across a hilly landscape, labeled e to i.

Five Standing Muscovites (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London…

1723-24

Etching of a woman leading a camel past a covered wagon and domed building in a flat landscape, with scale bars below.

Two Dromedaries (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, p…

1723-24

Engraving of a crowded London street with a Lord Mayor's carriage surrounded by apprentices, onlookers, and balconies.

The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London (Industry and Idleness, plate12)

September 30, 1747

Engraving of a crowded 18th-century London street with a carriage, banners, soldiers, and spectators at windows.

The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London: Industry and Idleness, plate 12

September 30, 1747

Engraving of idle apprentices gambling on a tomb in a churchyard, with skulls and a standing man holding a cane.

The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard (Industry and Idleness, plate 3)

September 30, 1747