In a churchyard four young men, one of whom is a boot-black, play a game of hustle-cap on a tomb; a beadle raises his cane to strike them; in the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave; beyond, the congregation enters the church
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Officials, Shoe shiners, Skulls, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Young adults
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sepbr. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Sotheby 46 Box 100
Collection Title:
Plate 46. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Idle is shown in a churchyard 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 Id...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice at play in the church yard during divine service
publish'd according to act of Parliament Sepbr 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 46K(a) Box 210
Collection Title:
Leaf 41. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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. In...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice at play in the church yard during divine service
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sepbr. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 46. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Idle is shown in a churchyard 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 Id...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice at play in the church yard during divine service
publish'd according to act of Parliament Sepbr 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 41. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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. In...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice at play in the church yard during divine service
