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Background imageMorality Collection: A Rakes Progress, Plate 1, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth

A Rakes Progress, Plate 1, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 1, June 25, 1735

Background imageMorality Collection: A Rakes Progress - 2: The Levee, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth

A Rakes Progress - 2: The Levee, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 2: The Levee, 1733. Tom holds a morning reception at his new palatial town lodgings

Background imageMorality Collection: Death and the Courtesan (Signed by the Wood-Engraver), 1903. Artist: Sebald Beham

Death and the Courtesan (Signed by the Wood-Engraver), 1903. Artist: Sebald Beham
Death and the Courtesan (Signed by the Wood-Engraver), 1903. From The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 1 - March to May 1903. [The Burlington Magazine, Limited, London, 1903]

Background imageMorality Collection: Masquerades and operas, 1724. Artist: William Hogarth

Masquerades and operas, 1724. Artist: William Hogarth
Masquerades and operas, 1724. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Background imageMorality Collection: The Fall of the Rebel Angels; Livre de Bonnes Meurs, about 1430. Creator: Unknown

The Fall of the Rebel Angels; Livre de Bonnes Meurs, about 1430. Creator: Unknown
The Fall of the Rebel Angels; Livre de Bonnes Meurs, about 1430

Background imageMorality Collection: Job Speaking to a Friend; Livre de Bonnes Meurs, about 1430. Creator: Unknown

Job Speaking to a Friend; Livre de Bonnes Meurs, about 1430. Creator: Unknown
Job Speaking to a Friend; Livre de Bonnes Meurs, about 1430

Background imageMorality Collection: A Pope Flanked by Two Cardinals; Livre de Bonnes Meurs, about 1430. Creator: Unknown

A Pope Flanked by Two Cardinals; Livre de Bonnes Meurs, about 1430. Creator: Unknown
A Pope Flanked by Two Cardinals; Livre de Bonnes Meurs, about 1430

Background imageMorality Collection: Lazarus's Soul Carried to Abraham; Spinola Hours

Lazarus's Soul Carried to Abraham; Spinola Hours, about 1510-1520. Additional Info: These images complete the story of the poor beggar Lazarus and the rich man Dives, begun on the previous page

Background imageMorality Collection: Before, 1730-1731. Creator: William Hogarth

Before, 1730-1731. Creator: William Hogarth
Before, 1730-1731. This narrative painting describes the moments before a seduction. A young man in red breeches attempts to pull a young woman onto a bed

Background imageMorality Collection: After, 1730-1731. Creator: William Hogarth

After, 1730-1731. Creator: William Hogarth
After, 1730-1731. In this companion piece to Before [the Seduction], a man stands and hurriedly pulls up his breeches after successfully seducing a young woman

Background imageMorality Collection: Machiavel, (1469-1527), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Machiavel, (1469-1527), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Machiavel, (1469-1527), 1830. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance

Background imageMorality Collection: Christ and the Adulteress, c1630. Creator: Andrea Vaccaro

Christ and the Adulteress, c1630. Creator: Andrea Vaccaro
Christ and the Adulteress, c1630. Biblical scene: Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Background imageMorality Collection: 'Dinah Consoling Hetty in Prison, ' by F. J. Williamson, 1870. Creator: Unknown

"Dinah Consoling Hetty in Prison, " by F. J. Williamson, 1870. Creator: Unknown
"Dinah Consoling Hetty in Prison, " by F. J. Williamson, 1870

Background imageMorality Collection: The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de matti), 1557-63. Creator: Sebastiano di Re

The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de matti), 1557-63. Creator: Sebastiano di Re
The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de matti), 1557-63

Background imageMorality Collection: The Tulip and the Butterfly Appear in gayer Coats than I, 1832, (1947). Creator: Unknown

The Tulip and the Butterfly Appear in gayer Coats than I, 1832, (1947). Creator: Unknown
The Tulip and the Butterfly Appear in gayer Coats than I, 1832, (1947). Two children, one reading and the other wearing a sheer dress. Illustration to a hymn tilted Against Pride In Clothes

Background imageMorality Collection: Solon, (c630-c560 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Solon, (c630-c560 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Solon, (c630-c560 BC), 1830

Background imageMorality Collection: Drinking-fountain at Barbadoes, 1865. Creator: Unknown

Drinking-fountain at Barbadoes, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Drinking-fountain at Barbadoes, 1865. The water fountain in Bridgetown designed...by Mr. J. F. Bentley, architect, is cleverly treated in an adaptation of the Early English style of Gothic; and Mr

Background imageMorality Collection: The Table of Cebes (image 3 of 4), 1592. Creator: Jacob Matham

The Table of Cebes (image 3 of 4), 1592. Creator: Jacob Matham
The Table of Cebes (image 3 of 4), 1592

Background imageMorality Collection: The Table of Cebes (image 4 of 4), 1592. Creator: Jacob Matham

The Table of Cebes (image 4 of 4), 1592. Creator: Jacob Matham
The Table of Cebes (image 4 of 4), 1592

Background imageMorality Collection: Plate 11 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Plate 11 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Plate 11 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778

Background imageMorality Collection: Plate 8 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Plate 8 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Plate 8 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778

Background imageMorality Collection: Allegory of Abuses by the Authorities of Church and State

Allegory of Abuses by the Authorities of Church and State, 1570-1580. Alternative title: The Haywain: An Allegory of Worldly and Spiritual Abuses

Background imageMorality Collection: Florence Crittenden I.E. Crittenton Home - Baby Exhibit

Florence Crittenden I.E. Crittenton Home - Baby Exhibit
Florence Crittenton Home - Baby Exhibit, 1914. Sign: For Rent by the Washington Loan & Trust Co.'

Background imageMorality Collection: Un cours de morale moderne, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Un cours de morale moderne, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un cours de morale moderne, 19th century. Parisian sketches - A course in modern 19th century morality

Background imageMorality Collection: An Allegory of the Wise and the Foolish Virgins, 1570. Creator: Hans Ewouts

An Allegory of the Wise and the Foolish Virgins, 1570. Creator: Hans Ewouts
An Allegory of the Wise and the Foolish Virgins, 1570. The Wise Virgins save the oil for their lamps, while the Foolish Virgins waste it

Background imageMorality Collection: A Moral Entertainment, Roslyn, NY, 1938. Creator: Unknown

A Moral Entertainment, Roslyn, NY, 1938. Creator: Unknown
A Moral Entertainment, Roslyn, NY, 1938. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Background imageMorality Collection: A Moral Entertainment, Roslyn, NY, 1938. Creator: Unknown

A Moral Entertainment, Roslyn, NY, 1938. Creator: Unknown
A Moral Entertainment, Roslyn, NY, 1938. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Background imageMorality Collection: A Moral Entertainment, Roslyn, NY, 1938. Creator: Unknown

A Moral Entertainment, Roslyn, NY, 1938. Creator: Unknown
A Moral Entertainment, Roslyn, NY, 1938. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Background imageMorality Collection: Fete de l'Etre supreme, (Festival of the Supreme Being) in Champ-de-Mars

Fete de l'Etre supreme, (Festival of the Supreme Being) in Champ-de-Mars, c1794

Background imageMorality Collection: The Improvement of Morals, 1786. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

The Improvement of Morals, 1786. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
The Improvement of Morals, 1786

Background imageMorality Collection: Nathaniel Hawthorne, ca. 1860-1865. Creator: Unknown

Nathaniel Hawthorne, ca. 1860-1865. Creator: Unknown
Nathaniel Hawthorne, ca. 1860-1865

Background imageMorality Collection: Painted Banner (Thangka) of Five Morality Tales from the Avadana Kalpalata Jataka

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Five Morality Tales from the Avadana Kalpalata Jataka, late 18th century

Background imageMorality Collection: Study for Vignette in Jean Francois Marmontels 'Contes Moraux', c. 1765

Study for Vignette in Jean Francois Marmontels "Contes Moraux", c. 1765
Study for Vignette in Jean Francois Marmontels " Contes Moraux", c. 1765

Background imageMorality Collection: The Awakening Conscience, 1852-1854. Creator: William Holman Hunt

The Awakening Conscience, 1852-1854. Creator: William Holman Hunt
The Awakening Conscience, 1852-1854. A mistress or kept woman and her lover have been playing and singing to Thomas Moores " Oft in the Stilly Night"

Background imageMorality Collection: Bird and snake, 1570. Creator: Giovanni Maria Verdizotti

Bird and snake, 1570. Creator: Giovanni Maria Verdizotti
Bird and snake, 1570. From Cento Favole Morali (100 moral fables)

Background imageMorality Collection: Christ and the woman taken in adultery, 1750-57. Creator: Giuseppe Camerata

Christ and the woman taken in adultery, 1750-57. Creator: Giuseppe Camerata
Christ and the woman taken in adultery, 1750-57. Formerly attributed as being after Bartolomeo Biscaino

Background imageMorality Collection: Family temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins, October 30, 1902

Family temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins, October 30, 1902
Temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins of Centerville, Tennessee. A temperance or abstinence pledge is a commitment to practice abstinence, usually from alcohol

Background imageMorality Collection: The Nations Prayer Call Vol. 2 No. 4, 1956-1957. Creator: Unknown

The Nations Prayer Call Vol. 2 No. 4, 1956-1957. Creator: Unknown
Newsletter of " The Nations Prayer Call" from the Zion Baptist Church. The newsletter has two pages total with black printed text on both sides. The paper is yellowed and creased

Background imageMorality Collection: Tree of Temperance, 1848. Creator: Unknown

Tree of Temperance, 1848. Creator: Unknown
Tree of Temperance, 1848

Background imageMorality Collection: War (The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder), c. 1803 / 1810. Creator: William Blake

War (The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder), c. 1803 / 1810. Creator: William Blake
War (The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder), c. 1803/1810

Background imageMorality Collection: The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder (War), c. 1794 / 1796. Creator: William Blake

The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder (War), c. 1794 / 1796. Creator: William Blake
The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder (War), c. 1794/1796

Background imageMorality Collection: The Apostle Jean Journet Setting Out for the Conquest of Universal Harmony, 1850

The Apostle Jean Journet Setting Out for the Conquest of Universal Harmony, 1850. surrounded by verses to be sung by the reader as a moralizing call to change

Background imageMorality Collection: Cantat Vacuus (Armed Burglar To Mr Brown), 1875. Creator: Charles Samuel Keene

Cantat Vacuus (Armed Burglar To Mr Brown), 1875. Creator: Charles Samuel Keene
Cantat Vacuus (Armed Burglar To Mr Brown), 1875. the empty-handed traveller will sing in the presence of the robber (a poor man can take comfort he has stolen nothing)

Background imageMorality Collection: A Rakes Progress, Plate 5, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth

A Rakes Progress, Plate 5, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 5, June 25, 1735

Background imageMorality Collection: A Rakes Progress, Plate 7, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth

A Rakes Progress, Plate 7, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 7, June 25, 1735

Background imageMorality Collection: A Rakes Progress, Plate 6, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth

A Rakes Progress, Plate 6, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 6, June 25, 1735

Background imageMorality Collection: The Idle Prentice Executed at Tyburn: Industry and Idleness, plate 11, September 30

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Industrious Prentice Grown Rich and Sheriff of London (Industry and Idl

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Industrious Prentice Alderman of London, the Idle One Brought Before Hi

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Idle Prentice Betrayed by his Whore and Taken into a Night Cellar with

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Idle Prentice Returned from Sea and in a Garret with a Common Prostitut

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Idle Prentice at Play in the Churchyard: Industry and Idleness, plate 3

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Industrious Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian: Industry and I

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

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

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn (Industry and Idleness, plate 11)

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Industrious Prentice a Favorite, and Entrusted by his Master: Industry

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Idle Prentice Turned Away and Sent to Sea: Industry and Idleness, plate 5

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

Background imageMorality Collection: The Industrious Prentice Out of his Time and Married to his Masters Daught

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

Background imageMorality Collection: Masquerades and Operas, 1724. Creator: William Hogarth

Masquerades and Operas, 1724. Creator: William Hogarth
Masquerades and Operas, 1724

Background imageMorality Collection: Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Clod & the Pebble, ca. 1825

Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Clod & the Pebble, ca. 1825

Background imageMorality Collection: Bonne renommee vaut mieux que ceinture doree, ca. 1820-30

Bonne renommee vaut mieux que ceinture doree, ca. 1820-30

Background imageMorality Collection: Pride goeth before a fall, 1531. Creator: Christoph Bockstorffer

Pride goeth before a fall, 1531. Creator: Christoph Bockstorffer
Pride goeth before a fall, 1531

Background imageMorality Collection: Temptation, ca. 1850. Creator: Celestin Nanteuil

Temptation, ca. 1850. Creator: Celestin Nanteuil
Temptation, ca. 1850

Background imageMorality Collection: Intoxication, 1858. Creator: Celestin Nanteuil

Intoxication, 1858. Creator: Celestin Nanteuil
Intoxication, 1858

Background imageMorality Collection: The Daughters of the Devil, ca. 1848-62. Creator: Celestin Nanteuil

The Daughters of the Devil, ca. 1848-62. Creator: Celestin Nanteuil
The Daughters of the Devil, ca. 1848-62

Background imageMorality Collection: The Daughters of the Devil (The Creature), ca. 1848-62. Creator: Celestin Nanteuil

The Daughters of the Devil (The Creature), ca. 1848-62. Creator: Celestin Nanteuil
The Daughters of the Devil (The Creature), ca. 1848-62. [Les Filles du Diable (La Creature)]

Background imageMorality Collection: Frontispiece for Opus morale in praecepta Decalogi, 1637. Creator: Charles Audran

Frontispiece for Opus morale in praecepta Decalogi, 1637. Creator: Charles Audran
Frontispiece for Opus morale in praecepta Decalogi, 1637

Background imageMorality Collection: The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig 1, August 18, 1808. August 18, 1808

The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig 1, August 18, 1808. August 18, 1808
The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig 1, August 18, 1808

Background imageMorality Collection: Beauty and the Beast, 18th-19th century. Creator: Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson

Beauty and the Beast, 18th-19th century. Creator: Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson
Beauty and the Beast, 18th-19th century

Background imageMorality Collection: The Reprimand, 1874. Creator: Jehan Georges Vibert

The Reprimand, 1874. Creator: Jehan Georges Vibert
The Reprimand, 1874

Background imageMorality Collection: Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis, 1777-80. Creator

Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis, 1777-80. Creator
Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis, 1777-80

Background imageMorality Collection: Confucius: The Great Unapotheosized God of China, 1912. Creator: Unknown

Confucius: The Great Unapotheosized God of China, 1912. Creator: Unknown
Confucius: The Great Unapotheosized God of China, 1922. Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period

Background imageMorality Collection: Confucius: Teacher and Philosopher, 1922. Creator: Unknown

Confucius: Teacher and Philosopher, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Confucius: Teacher and Philosopher, 1922. Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period

Background imageMorality Collection: The Sluggard, 19th century, (1943). Creator: Henry Fitzcook

The Sluggard, 19th century, (1943). Creator: Henry Fitzcook
The Sluggard, 19th century, (1943). A scruffy man lounges against a wall. His overgrown garden is full of thistles, and the church spire in the distance is choked with ivy

Background imageMorality Collection: Paley, (1743-1805), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Paley, (1743-1805), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Paley, (1743-1805), 1830

Background imageMorality Collection: Cruden, (1699-1770), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Cruden, (1699-1770), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Cruden, (1699-1770), 1830. Alexander Cruden (1699-1770) Scottish author of an early concordance to the Bible, proofreader, publisher, and self-styled Corrector of the nations morals

Background imageMorality Collection: Castiglione, (1478-1529), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Castiglione, (1478-1529), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Castiglione, (1478-1529), 1830. Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529) Count of Casatico, Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author concerned with etiquette and morality

Background imageMorality Collection: The Works of William Hogarth, Vol II, 1827. Creator: Unknown

The Works of William Hogarth, Vol II, 1827. Creator: Unknown
The Works of William Hogarth, 1827. Title page of " The Works of William Hogarth; Containing One Hundred and Fifty-eight Engravings, by Mr. Cooke and Mr

Background imageMorality Collection: A Rakes Progress - 3: The The Orgy, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth

A Rakes Progress - 3: The The Orgy, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 3: The The Orgy, 1733. Tom Rakewell is in the Rose Tavern, on Drury Lane, London, being relieved of his pocket watch by two women

Background imageMorality Collection: A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth

A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living

Background imageMorality Collection: The Sin, 1899. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)

The Sin, 1899. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
The Sin, 1899. Found in the collection of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

Background imageMorality Collection: Industry and Economy, 1794. Artist: William Ward

Industry and Economy, 1794. Artist: William Ward
Industry and Economy, 1794; a successful merchant and his family pictured in a busy scene at Bell Wharf, London. Moral verses are contained in the lower margin

Background imageMorality Collection: The sin, 1893

The sin, 1893. Found in the Collection of Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

Background imageMorality Collection: The vision of a Priest: a girl who has concealed a sin in confession

The vision of a Priest: a girl who has concealed a sin in confession, Early 19th cen.. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery



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