Two men are working at looms as a man with a large stick looks around the door to see if they are working. Engraving by William Hogarth after himself.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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30. Sep. 1747
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31352i
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Two men are working at looms as a man with a large stick looks around the door to see if they are working. Engraving by William Hogarth after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 30. Sep. 1747.

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1 print : engraving ; image 21 x 28.6 cm

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Industry and Idleness. The fellow 'prentices at their looms. Proverbs chap: 23 ve:21, The drunkard shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man in.th rags. Proverbs ch: 10 ve:4, The hand of the diligent maketh rich. Plate 1. Designed and engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth.

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