The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore ...', plate IX of Industry and Idleness Size:S: 36 x 28cm Perspective view with figures and

Perspective view with figures and carriages

One boy holds out a cap to a passing couple and asks for money

The upper half shows exhibits from France

with pots of ale

Charles James Fox stands on the steps of the Treasury hauling in a net from the Pool of Speculation

The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore ...', plate IX of Industry and Idleness Size:S: 36 x 28cm Perspective view with figures and'The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice', plate IX of Industry and Idleness, 1747; Idle divides the stolen goods with his accomplice in the cellar of the Blood Bowl House in Hanging Sword Alley. A magistrate enters on the left. Final state of the plate.