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

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

1-237-234 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

'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.

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Creator
  1. William Hogarth, attributed to: British; English: Artist, painter, engraver
After
  1. William Hogarth: British; English: Artist, painter, engraver
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Satire
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London Tower Hamlets Spitalfields

  1. 51 31 00 N , 000 04 00 W
Category Hierarchy

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4754x3674
File Size : 51,171kb

Aliases

  1. 25127
  1. 0220000146
  1. 1-237-234
  1. 1237234
  1. 146
  1. 25127
  1. A3
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