'The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard ...', plate III of Industry and Idleness 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Title

'The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard ...', plate III of Industry and Idleness 1747. Artist: William Hogarth

Caption

'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 and a shoeblack on a tombstone. The parish beadle prepares to strike him with his cane.

Date

1747

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A75_441

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