The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms, William Hogarth, between 1784 and 1796

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; illustration to lichtenberg's 'ausführliche erklärung' (1784-1796, vol. V). Etching. Date: between 1784 and 1796. Dimensions: Height: 210 mm; Width: 273 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sir Richard Whittington. Collection: British Museum. The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms (BM 1983,0625.89.1)