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Pl. 10. The industrious 'prentice alderman of London, the idle one brought before him & impeached by his accomplice
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 · (c) September 30, 1747
A court of Justice with the elegant Alderman Goodchild holding his hand to his brow as Idle, at the bar, begs for mercy. Idle's female companion slips a coin into the hand of the clerk of the court while the one-eyed accomplice swears with his left (not right) hand on the bible,
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