"Industry and Idleness"
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Title
"Industry and Idleness"
"Industry and Idleness"
Reference
p5436340 (Collage 18079)
Date
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London Metropolitan Archives: Satirical Print Collection
Description
'The idle 'prentice betrayed by a prostitute', plate VIIII of "Industry and Idleness"; the apprentice and companion examine stolen property in a cellar; another man pushes a victim's body through a trapdoor, whilst at the foot of the stairs the prostitute points to the apprentice whilst receiving a coin from a magistrate who enters with the watch. In the background men fight.
'The idle 'prentice betrayed by a prostitute', plate VIIII of "Industry and Idleness"; the apprentice and companion examine stolen property in a cellar; another man pushes a victim's body through a trapdoor, whilst at the foot of the stairs the prostitute points to the apprentice whilst receiving a coin from a magistrate who enters with the watch. In the background men fight.
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