William Hogarth
The Company of Undertakers

The Company of Undertakers

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ArtistEnglish, 1697–1764
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • The Company of Undertakers
DateMarch 1736/1737
MediumEtching and engraving
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1983.5.63
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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Prints by William Hogarth from the Collection of the Blaffer Foundation," Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, March 24 to September 10, 1998

"The Art of Exaggeration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 July - 23 September, 2012.

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Industry and Idleness, Plate IX: The Idle 'Prentice Betray'd by His Whore, and Taken in a Night Cellar with His Accomplice
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate IX: The Idle 'Prentice Betray'd by His Whore, and Taken in a Night Cellar with His Accomplice
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.53
Industry and Idleness, Plate VIII: The Industrious 'Prentice Grown Rich, and Sheriff of London
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate VIII: The Industrious 'Prentice Grown Rich, and Sheriff of London
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.52
Industry and Idleness, Plate VII: The Idle 'Prentice Return'd From Sea, and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate VII: The Idle 'Prentice Return'd From Sea, and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.51
Industry and Idleness, Plate VI: The Industrious 'Prentice Out of His Time, and Married to His Master's Daughter
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate VI: The Industrious 'Prentice Out of His Time, and Married to His Master's Daughter
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.50
The Sleepy Congregation
William Hogarth
The Sleepy Congregation
October 1736
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.57
Industry and Idleness, Plate XII: The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate XII: The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.56
Industry and Idleness, Plate XI: The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate XI: The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.55
Industry and Idleness, Plate X: The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeach'd by His Accomplice
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate X: The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeach'd by His Accomplice
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.54
Industry and Idleness, Plate V: The Idle 'Prentice Turn'd Away, and Sent to Sea
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate V: The Idle 'Prentice Turn'd Away, and Sent to Sea
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.49
The Industrious 'Prentice a Favourite, and Entrusted by His Master
William Hogarth
The Industrious 'Prentice a Favourite, and Entrusted by His Master
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.48
Industry and Idleness, Plate III: The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service
William Hogarth
Industry and Idleness, Plate III: The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.47
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William Hogarth
The Bench
September 1758
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.64