Wellcome Collection
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.
William Hogarth
Lettering: The industrious 'prentice Alderman of London, the idle one brought befor him & impeach'd by his accomplice. plate 10. design'd by Wm. Hogarth. engrav'd by T. Cook. Psalm IX. ver: 16. The wicked is snar'd in the work of his own hands. Leviticus ch: XIX. ver: 15. Thou shall do no unrighteous- ness in judgement
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