In a Spitalfields silk weaver's shop two contrasting apprentices, Tom Idle, asleep, and Francis Goodchild, engrossed in his work, sit at their looms overseen by their master. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1749.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date:
- 1 July 1795
- Reference:
- 38360i
- Part of:
- Industry and idleness
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On the ground are two copies of "The prentice's guide". One is in a dishevelled state while the other is mint. Above the sleeping apprentice is a ballad slip inscribed "Moll Flanders", while behind the industrious apprentice is a broadside inscribed "Whitington Ld Mayor! A large beer tankard rests on the unused loom and a cat toys with a spindle
Publication/Creation
[London] (no 11 Little Britain) : T. Cook ; [London] (No 25 Paternoster Row) : G.G.& I. Robinson, 1 July 1795.
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1 print : engraving, with etching ; 20.6 x 28.4 cm.
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Industry and idleness. The fellow prentices at their looms. plat 1. design'd by Wm. Hogarth. engraved by T. Cook. proverbs chap: 23, ve: 21, the drunkard shall come to poverty, & drowsiness shall cloath a man with rags. proverbs ch: 10, ver: 4, the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, related to 168
British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1877, vol. 3, no. 2896
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38360i
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