In the graveyard of a church, Tom Idle gambles with some disreputable companions on a tombstone; the parish beadle stands behind and raises a stick as if to beat Idle. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date:
- 1 October 1795
- Reference:
- 38362i
- Part of:
- Industry and idleness
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Scattered on the ground are several human skulls. The game being played is "hustle-cap" and Idle is attempting to cheat by using his hat to conceal some of the coins. Among the gamblers is a man with an eye-patch, and a shoe-black with his small stool and basket of brushes
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[London] (no 11 Little Britain) : T. Cook ; [London] (No 25 Paternoster Row) : G.G.& I. Robinson, 1 October 1795.
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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 20.7 x 28.8 cm.
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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/78/74
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The idle prentice at play in the churchyard, during divine service. plate 3. designed by William Hogarth. engraved by Thomas Cook. Proverbs ch: XIX. ver. 29. Judgements are prepared for scorners & stripes for the backs of fools.
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References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, related to 170
British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1877, vol. 3, no. 2914
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Wellcome Collection 38362i
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