The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service., William Hogarth, 1747

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. 1747 etching and engraving. Date: 1747. Dimensions: Height: 308 mm (sheet); Height: 260 mm; Width: 477 mm (sheet); Width: 346 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service. (BM 1868,0822.1574)