'Industry and Idleness. Industrious Pretice Married to his Masters Daughter. Plate 6'. by Hogarth. 1 of a set of 12 from the Cook Edition. Published by Robinson of London 1 February 1796.  Plate size 27.5cm x 37cm   Engraving.  

William Hogarth (1697-1764). Industry and Idleness charts the careers of two City apprentices. Hogarth later described the series as ‘calculated for the use & Instruction of Youth’. The ‘good’ apprentice, Francis Goodchild, and ‘bad’ apprentice, Tom Idle, are seen together in Plates 1 and 10. Throughout the rest of the series their respective ‘careers’ are compared and contrasted.