Plate 10: a court of justice with the elegant alderman goodchild holding his hand to his brow as idle, at the bar, begs for mercy; idle's female companion slips a coin into the hand of the clerk of the court while the one-eyed accomplice swears with his left hand on the bible; to right, idle's mother weeps. 1747
etching and engraving. Date: 1747. Dimensions: Height: 309 mm (sheet); Height: 263 mm; Width: 480 mm (sheet); Width: 347 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print, satirical print (BM 1868,0822.1581)
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