The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms, William Hogarth, between 1794 and 1812

Copy of plate 1: tom idle sleeps at his loom beneath a ballad of moll flanders, having drunk from a large tankard lettered "spittle fields"; francis goodchild concentrates on his work while light streams through the window on to ballads of "the london prentice" and "whitington, ld mayor" on the wall above his head; a cat pulls at idle's shuttle and the master, mr west, enters bearing a stick; after hogarth. Etching and engraving. Date: between 1794 and 1812. Dimensions: Height: 255 mm; Width: 364 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sir Richard Whittington. Collection: British Museum. The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms (BM 1978,U.3480.1)