The Idle Apprentice at Play in the a Churchyard, during Divine Service (Industry and Idleness, III). William Hogarth (1697-1764). 10 1/8 x 13 3/8 inches. Scriptural Text on ornate shield beneath main image
"Judgments are prepar'd for Scorners & Stripes for the backs of Fools." — Proverbs, chapter 19, verse 29
Bibliography
Paulson, Ronald. Emblem and Expression: Meaning in English Art of the Eighteenth Century. London: Thames and Hudson, 1975).
Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth: His Life, Art and Times, 2 vols. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1971.
Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. revised edition. 2 vols. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1970.
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