Print study, drawing, William Hogarth, between 1746 and 1747

Preliminary sketch for pl 2 of "industry and idleness" (1747), "the industrious 'prentice performing the duty of a christian"; interior of an early georgian church, seen from se gallery corner, to left, goodchild and his master's daughter, sharing a prayer-book, to right, the pew-opener seated on a hassock, the box-pews crowded with the congregation, with symbolic adornments of the halter, mace and lord mayor's chain in the margin pen and brown ink, with grey wash, over graphite. Date: between 1746 and 1747. Dimensions: Height: 208 mm; Width: 317 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print study, drawing (BM 1914,0613.31)