The industrious 'prentice grown rich....', plate VIII of Industry and Idleness Size:L: 100 x 80cm Premises of Foster

Premises of Foster

Beneath the image is a description of the church

showing an ugly woman holding a spy glass which touches the circumference of a large circle representing a magnified drop of water filled with grotesque aquatic creatures

to the designs of HR Abraham

showing men studying the Gazette Extraordinary while others appear to be taking notes from a blackboard

The industrious 'prentice grown rich....', plate VIII of Industry and Idleness Size:L: 100 x 80cm Premises of Foster'The industrious 'prentice grown rich and sheriff of London', plate VIII of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the scene is old Fishmongers Hall. Hungry 'cits' devour a meal in foreground and a beadle receives a petition on right. Final state of plate.