The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service. (BM 1978,U.3480.3)

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The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service. (BM 1978,U.3480.3)

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Copy of Plate 3: a churchyard with Tom Idle sprawled on a tomb playing hustle-cap with a one-eyed man wearing a striped cap and a ragged boot-black; a younger boy scratches his head in puzzlement as he watches the play, and a beadle raises his cane to strike Idle; in the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave; beyond, the congregation enters the church; after Hogarth.
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1850 - 1950
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British Museum
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public domain

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