This is a drawing of a shoe workshop with workers engaged in various activities. The setting suggests a busy environment within a brick-walled building, resembling a cobbler's workshop from an earlier time period.

Full description: The image shows workers involved in different stages of shoe-making and fitting. In the foreground, two women are trying on shoes on a bench. Behind them, a group of onlookers in ornate clothing observe the process or wait their turn. A slogan on the wall reads "Better to Work than Stand thus." Natural light illuminates the scene through the wooden-beamed ceiling, offering a view of the outdoors.
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This is a drawing of a shoe workshop with workers engaged in various activities. The setting suggests a busy environment within a brick-walled building, resembling a cobbler's workshop from an earlier time period. Full description: The image shows workers involved in different stages of shoe-making and fitting. In the foreground, two women are trying on shoes on a bench. Behind them, a group of onlookers in ornate clothing observe the process or wait their turn. A slogan on the wall reads "Better to Work than Stand thus." Natural light illuminates the scene through the wooden-beamed ceiling, offering a view of the outdoors.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Harlot's Progress: pl.4

William Hogarth

Date
1732
Medium
etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 32.9 × 39.8 cm (12 15/16 × 15 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1944.5.24
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Woman
  • group
  • figure
  • Costume
  • Hat
  • Man

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