INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS. 12 Plates.

The twelve prints in this set show the the relative fortunes of two apprentices; one industrious, one idle: the industrious apprentice becomes Lord Mayor of London, the idle apprentice is executed at Tyburn. Hogarth regularly used events of his time to produce series of prints charting a story. His combination of artistic skill, political allegory and caustic social comment, simultaneously produced high art and laid the ground for political cartoonists like Gillray. The price is for the set of twelve prints.

Very good condition. Crisp and clean. Good wide margins. Plate I has slightly cropped margins. Occasional spotting closed tears to uppermargin of plate III.