In a Spitalfields silk weaver's shop two contrasting apprentices, Tom Idle, asleep, and Francis Goodchild, engrossed in his work, sit at their looms overseen by their master. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1749.

    • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
    Date:
    1 July 1795
    Reference:
    38360i

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: In a Spitalfields silk weaver's shop two contrasting apprentices, Tom Idle, asleep, and Francis Goodchild, engrossed in his work, sit at their looms overseen by their master. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1749. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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