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Two men are working at looms as a man with a large stick looks around the door to see if they are working. Engraving by William Hogarth after himself.
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Two men are working at looms as a man with a large stick looks around the door to see if they are working. Engraving by William Hogarth after himself.

William Hogarth · 1747

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The Fellow 'Prentices Industry and Idleness at their looms. Proverbs Chap: 23 Ve:21, The drunkard shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man in.th rags. Proverbs Ch: 10 Ve:4, The hand of the diligent maketh rich. Plate 1. Designed and engraved by Wm. Hogarth.

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