The idle 'prentice returned from sea..., plate VII of Industry and Idleness 1833 Product:Fine art poster behind the King

behind the King

Bartholomew Close

Tooley Street

which had operated between c1690 and c1760 just south of the future Waterloo Bridge

View of St Mary-le-Bow and Cheapside

The idle 'prentice returned from sea..., plate VII of Industry and Idleness 1833 Product:Fine art poster behind the King'The idle 'prentice returned from sea, and in a garret with a prostitute', plate VII of Industry and Idleness, 1833; the apprentice and prostitute occupy a dilapidated bed; behind is an open fireplace down which falls a cat bricks. The apprentice sits up terrified but his companion is unmoved. A rat scampers over the floor, spread with domestic utensils and other articles.