The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmakerpublish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.engIn an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of stateTitle engraved above image.State and publisher from Paulson."Plate 9"--Below frame.Ninth plate in the series of twelve: "Industry and idleness".Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life."1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.2 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 43.5 cm.Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm.Plate 52 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.