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

Preliminary sketch for pl 10 of "industry and idleness" (1747), "the industrious 'prentice alderman of london, the idle one brought before him & impeached by his accomplice"; interior of magistrate's office, within bar goodchild seated and turned away from prisoner, idle with hands bound stands behind the bar, with a crowd of people, his accomplice to right graphite indented for transfer verso: powdered red chalk. Date: between 1746 and 1747. Dimensions: Height: 250 mm; Width: 327 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print study, drawing (BM 1981,1003.34 1)