The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms, William Hogarth, 1747

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; late impression printed in 1990 etching. Date: 1747. Dimensions: Height: 265 mm; Width: 345 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sir Richard Whittington. Collection: British Museum. The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms (BM 1991,0126.39.1)