The fellow 'prentices at their looms [graphic]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmakerpublish'd according to act of Parliament 30 Sep. 1747.engIn the weaver's workshop, Tom Idle sleeps, spindle in hand, at his loom beneath a ballad of Moll Flanders, having drunk from a large tankard lettered "Spittle Fields"; Francis Goodchild concentrates on his work while light streams through the window onto ballads of "The London Prentice" and "Whitington, Ld Mayor" on the wall above his head; a cat pulls at Idle's shuttle and the master, Mr. West, enters shaking his cane at his idle apprenticeTitle engraved above image.Series title engraved above image; plate numbering below image.State and publisher from Paulson.1 print : engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.2 x 34.4 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 38 cm.