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English painter and engraver whose satirical narrative series exposed the moral failings of Georgian society with biting wit and extraordinary pictorial invention.
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The Idle 'Prentice return'd from Sea & in a Garret with a common Prostitute
The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London,the Idle one brought before him & impea ch'd by his Accomplice
The Industrious 'Prentice out of his Time, and Married to his Master's Daughter
The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn
The Industrious 'Prentice a Favorite, and entrusted by his Master
A Rake's Progress: pl.8
The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service
A Rake's Progress: pl.7
The Industrious 'Prentice grown rich & Sheriff of London
The Industrious 'Prentice performing the Dutyof a Christian
A Rake's Progress: pl.1
A Rake's Progress: pl.6