"Industry and Idleness"
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"Industry and Idleness"
p5436104 (Collage 18077)
London Metropolitan Archives: Satirical Print Collection
'The idle 'prentice returned from sea, and in a garret with a prostitute', plate VII of "Industry and Idleness"; the apprentice and prostitute occupy a dilapidated bed; behind is an open fireplace down which falls a cat bricks. The apprentice sits up terrified but his companion is unmoved. A rat scampers over the floor, spread with domestic utensils and other articles.
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