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In the company of his master's daughter Francis Goodchild sings attentively from a hymn book during a church service. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1796.

Date

1 February 1796

Reference

38361i

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Industry and idleness

Francis Goodchild, now Sheriff of London, and his wife, framed by a sword and mace, preside over a grand banquet. Sitting at a table in the foreground various dignitaries gorge themselves contrasting with the poor petitioners waiting at the door. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1796.

Date

1 February 1796

Reference

38374i

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Industry and idleness

Tom Idle and Francis Goodchild, once colleagues meet at a session of the court of justice; Idle is a pleading defendant while Goodchild wearing the furred robe and chain of an alderman is the acting magistrate. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth.

Reference

38376i

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Industry and idleness

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.

Date

1 October 1795

Reference

38362i

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Industry and idleness

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.

Date

1 July 1795

Reference

38360i

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Industry and idleness

The procession of Francis Goodchild, Lord Mayor of London, in an elegant ceremonial coach, watched by a crowd on the ground and Frederick, Prince of Wales, with his consort, on a balcony. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.

Reference

38378i

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Industry and idleness

A crowd of spectators wait as Tom Idle is driven in a cart with his coffin to his place of execution and the gallows. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.

Date

1 July 1795

Reference

38377i

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Industry and idleness

A bewigged Francis Goodchild stands with his master in the counting house raised above the level of the workshop where the weavers and spinners work, holding a ledger, a money-bag and two keys. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.

Date

1 December 179[5]

Reference

38370i

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Industry and idleness

Tom Idle and a prostitute sit on a broken bed in a garret. Idle is startled by a cat falling down the chimney, but the prostitute is unmoved and admires a stolen earring. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.

Date

1 October 1795

Reference

38373i

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Industry and idleness

A prostitute gives evidence to a magistrate: she points towards Tom Idle dividing loot with his accomplice, as a corpse is being disposed of through a trapdoor. Engraving by Thomas Cook, 1795, after William Hogarth.

Date

1 October 1795

Reference

38375i

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Industry and idleness