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., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "30" in upper right corner., After a Hogarth print entitled "The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard, during divine service," from his series "Industry and idleness.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Officials, Shoe shiners, Skulls, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Young adults
