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

Preliminary sketch for pl 9 of "industry and idleness" (1747), "the idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore, & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice"; in centre, idle and accomplice discussing their booty, pistols on the ground before them, to left grenadier embracing woman, to right, boy in hat receiving glass of spirits from proprietress, with other figures pen and brown ink, over grey wash and graphite verso: group of soldiers; study for those in right foreground of pl 12 graphite. Date: between 1746 and 1747. Dimensions: Height: 263 mm; Width: 323 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print study, drawing (BM 1896,0710.20)