Idleness Collection

The Romans of the Decadence, 1847. Artist: Thomas Couture
The Romans of the Decadence, 1847. From the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts, USA

Two young women at a table, 1870. Creator: David Joseph Bles
Two young women at a table, 1870. One reads the Bible and does embroidery while the other teases a kitten with a yo-yo

'Pictures of the Year - IX. "Love in Idleness", after L Alma Tadema, RA, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'Pictures of the Year - IX. "Love in Idleness", after L Alma Tadema, RA, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Sloth, probably after 1621. Creator: Jacques Callot
Sloth, probably after 1621

Leisure and Labor, 1858. Creator: Francis Blackwell Mayer
Leisure and Labor, 1858

Time crowning Employment and punishing Idleness, ca. 1650-77. Creator: Antoine Couchet
Time crowning Employment and punishing Idleness, ca. 1650-77

The Idle Prentice Executed at Tyburn: Industry and Idleness, plate 11, September 30, 1747

The Industrious Prentice Grown Rich and Sheriff of London (Industry and Idleness, plate 8), September 30, 1747

The Industrious Prentice Alderman of London, the Idle One Brought Before Him & Impeached by his Accomplice: Industry and Idleness, plate 10, September 30, 1747

The Idle Prentice Betrayed by his Whore and Taken into a Night Cellar with his Accomplice: Industry and Idleness, plate 9, September 30, 1747

The Idle Prentice Returned from Sea and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute: Industry and Idleness, plate 7, September 30, 1747

The Idle Prentice at Play in the Churchyard: Industry and Idleness, plate 3, September 30, 1747

The Industrious Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian: Industry and Idleness, plate 2, September 30, 1747

The Fellow Prentices at their Looms: Industry and Idleness, plate 1, September 30, 1747

The Idle "Prentice Executed at Tyburn (Industry and Idleness, plate 11)
The Idle " Prentice Executed at Tyburn (Industry and Idleness, plate 11), September 30, 1747

The Industrious Prentice a Favorite, and Entrusted by his Master: Industry and Idleness, plate 4, September 30, 1747

The Idle Prentice Turned Away and Sent to Sea: Industry and Idleness, plate 5, September 30, 1747

The Industrious Prentice Out of his Time and Married to his Masters Daughter: Industry and Idleness, plate 6, September 30, 1747

The idle prentice returned from sea... plate VII of Industry and Idleness 1833
The idle prentice returned from sea, and in a garret with a prostitute, plate VII of Industry and Idleness, 1833; the apprentice

The industrious prentice Lord-Mayor of London, plate XII of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the industrious apprentice is drawn along Cheapside in his coach watched by Frederick

The idle prentice executed at Tyburn, plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747; The crowds gather at Tyburn to watch Idles execution

The idle prentice betray d by his whore... plate IX of Industry and Idleness, 1747
The idle prentice betray d by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice, plate IX of Industry and Idleness

The industrious prentice grown rich... plate VIII of Industry and Idleness, 1747
The industrious prentice grown rich and sheriff of London, plate VIII of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the scene is old Fishmongers Hall

The industrious prentice... married... plate VI of Industry and Idleness, 1747
The industrious prentice out of his time and married to his masters daughter, plate VI of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the morning after the wedding

The idle prentice turn d away and sent to sea, plate V of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the master is obliged to get rid of the idle prentice

The industrious apprentice a favourite... plate IV of Industry and Idleness, 1747
The industrious apprentice a favourite, and entrusted by his master, plate IV of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the industrious apprentice stands with his master in the counting house

The idle prentice at play in the church yard... plate III of Industry and Idleness 1747
The idle prentice at play in the church yard during divine service, plate III of Industry and Idleness, 1747; The idle apprentice plays hustle-cap with some pickpockets

The fellow prentices at their looms, plate I of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the scene is a Spitalfields silk-weaving shop, London

Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate VI, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate VI, 1747. The industrious prentice out of his time and married to his masters daughter

Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate X, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate X, 1747. The industrious prentice alderman of London, the idle one brought before him and impeach d by his accomplice, plate X of Industry and Idleness

Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate VIII, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate VIII, 1747. The industrious prentice grown rich and sheriff of London. The scene is old Fishmongers Hall

Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate III, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate III, 1747. The idle prentice at play in the church yard during divine service. The idle apprentice plays hustle-cap with some pickpockets

Sketch for plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747. The idle prentice executed at Tyburn. The crowds gather at Tyburn to watch Tom Idles execution

Unused drawing for Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Unused drawing for Industry and Idleness, 1747. The idle apprentice is stealing from his mother outside a cook shop. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]

Weaving at Spitalfields, London, 1747 (1894). From Hogarths Industry and Idleness series. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

The Idlers, c1660. Artist: Jan Steen
The Idlers, c1660. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

It is better to be lazy, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
It is better to be lazy, 1799. Plate 73 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

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