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Pl. 3. The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard

1 pp 1747

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.

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Pl. 3. The polling

1 pp 1758

A rural scene with a polling booth where ailing reserve voters are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bottle; in the middle ground a coach bearing the sign of the Union Flag has collapsed, but its female passenger (Britannia) is unable to gain the attention of her coachmen who are absorbed in a card game; beyond, a bridge across a river is crowded with a riotous procession.

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Pl. 3. The polling

1 pp 1758

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Pl. 4. Chairing the members

1 pp 1758

Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Dodington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and surrounded by a chaotic and disreputable crowd.

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Pl. 4. Chairing the members

1 pp 1758

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Pl. 4. The industrious 'prentice a favorite and entrusted by his master

1 pp 1747

A weaving shop with Mr. West handing authority for daily business to Goodchild. They stand at a desk, to right, receiving rolls of cloth delivered by a porter.

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Pl. 5. The idle 'prentice turned away and sent to sea

1 pp 1747

The River Thames, probably Limehouse Reach, with Tom Idle in a rowing boat heading for a ship and life at sea. He is accompanied by his weeping mother and two mocking sailors as well as the oarsman.

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Pl. 6. The industrious 'Prentice out of his time and married to his master's daughter

1 pp 1747

A wedding celebrations in Fish Street Hill with a legless ballad seller and drummers and butchers playing 'rough music' with bones and cleavers outside the house of Francis Goodchild and his bride.

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Pl. 7. The idle 'prentice returned from sea and in a garret with a common prostitute

1 pp 1747

A ruinous garret with Idle and a young woman in a bed which is collapsing at the foot. She examines jewelry and watches that he has stolen, while he starts in alarm as a cat crashes down the chimney.

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Pl. 8. The industrious 'prentice grown rich and Sheriff of London

1 pp 1747

A banquet at Fishmongers' Hall with Goodchild and his wife in the seats of honor. In the foreground, greedy liverymen are waited on by a young black man, while a boorish beadle stops a crowd of petitioners at the door.

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Pl. 9. The idle 'prentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice

1 pp 1747

An underground drinking den where Idle shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice (see Plate 3) unaware that behind him his companion from the garret bedroom (see Plate 7) is pointing him out to the magistrate and constables.

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Quixote being cared for by the innkeeper's wife and daughter

1 pp 1726

One of six illustrations for a projected Spanish language edition of Don Quixote that Hogarth and other illustrators were asked to submit by Tonson, the publisher of the work. The innkeeper's wife and daughter are caring for Don Quixote after he has been beaten.

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Pl. 3. The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard

Pl. 3. The polling

Pl. 3. The polling

Pl. 4. Chairing the members

Pl. 4. Chairing the members

Pl. 4. The industrious 'prentice a favorite and entrusted by his master

Pl. 5. The idle 'prentice turned away and sent to sea

Pl. 6. The industrious 'Prentice out of his time and married to his master's daughter

Pl. 7. The idle 'prentice returned from sea and in a garret with a common prostitute

Pl. 8. The industrious 'prentice grown rich and Sheriff of London

Pl. 9. The idle 'prentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice

Quixote being cared for by the innkeeper's wife and daughter