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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.
Lettering: 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.
Creator
- William Hogarth
Type of item
- Engravings
Creator
- William Hogarth
Type of item
- Engravings
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- V0049196
Identifier
- V0049196
- b1196186
- ICV No 49859
- ftjab3gt
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:21:40.463Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:21:40.463Z