The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service., William Hogarth, between 1794 and 1812

Copy of plate 3: a churchyard with tom idle sprawled on a tomb playing hustle-cap with a one-eyed man wearing a striped cap and a ragged boot-black; a younger boy scratches his head in puzzlement as he watches the play, and a beadle raises his cane to strike idle; in the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave; beyond, the congregation enters the church; after hogarth. Etching and engraving. Date: between 1794 and 1812. Dimensions: Height: 256 mm; Width: 364 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service. (BM 1978,U.3480.3)