Title

'The fellow 'prentices at their looms', plate I of Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth

Caption

'The fellow 'prentices at their looms', plate I of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the scene is a Spitalfields silk-weaving shop, London. The industrious apprentice works busily while the idle apprentice has fallen asleep. The master enters, glares at the idle apprentice and threatens him with his stick. A page from Moll Flanders hangs above the head of the idle apprentice. Final state of the plate.

Date

1747

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A75_439

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,8Mb) / 15,8in x 12,2in / 4754 x 3674 (300dpi)

Keywords

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