Tom Idle and a prostitute sit on a broken bed in a garret. Idle is startled by a cat falling down the chimney, but the prostitute is unmoved and admires a stolen earring. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date:
- 1 October 1795
- Reference:
- 38373i
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- Industry and idleness
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Two pistols lie on the floor indicating Tom Idle's new profession as a highwayman. The prostitute examines the loot. The door to the garret is bolted and barricaded with boards. On the wall hangs a hoop skirt
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[London] (no 11 Little Britain) : T. Cook ; [London] (No 25 Paternoster Row) : G.G.& I. Robinson, 1 October 1795.
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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 20 x 28.8 cm.
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The idle 'prentice return'd from sea, & in a garret with a common prostitute. plate 7. design'd by Wm. Hogarth. engraved by T. Cook. Leviticus ch: XXVI. ver: 36. The sound of a shaken leaf shall chace him
References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, related to 174
British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1877, vol. 3, no. 2954
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Wellcome Collection 38373i
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