The Fellow 'Prentices at Their Looms, by Hogarth

An image of The Fellow 'Prentices at Their Looms. Plate 1, Industry and Idleness. Hogarth, William (British, 1697-1764). Etching, engraving,1747. Production Note: State II/II.

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The Fellow 'Prentices at Their Looms. Plate 1, Industry and Idleness. Hogarth, William (British, 1697-1764). Etching, engraving,1747. Production Note: State II/II.

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Accession Number: 22.K.3-40
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 785 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 290.09kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2014:06:04 14:25:45

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