The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea', plate V of Industry and Idleness Finish:none By-standers watch as the king

By-standers watch as the king rides past in his carriage

the Lord Mayor's wife and Aldermen Curtis and Wood are amongst the guests

Roman tessellated pavement

View of the cloisters and hall of Christ's Hospital

A busy scene with people

The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea', plate V of Industry and Idleness Finish:none By-standers watch as the king'The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea', plate V of Industry and Idleness,1747; the master is obliged to get rid of the idle 'prentice, who is sent to sea in the hope that discipline on board ship will reform him. The apprentice is rowed past Cuckolds Point to some ships moored off the Isle of Dogs. A gibbet can be seen in distance.