The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore ...', plate IX of Industry and Idleness Size:S: 36 x 28cm Portsmouth Street

Portsmouth Street

One boy holds out a cap to a passing couple and asks for money

Royal Naval Hospital

View showing figures including a detatchment of mounted soldiers and a milkmaid

Perspective view with figures and carriages

The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore ...', plate IX of Industry and Idleness Size:S: 36 x 28cm Portsmouth Street'The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice', plate IX of Industry and Idleness, 1747; Idle divides the stolen goods with his accomplice in the cellar of the Blood Bowl House in Hanging Sword Alley. A magistrate enters on the left. Final state of the plate.