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Another unruly crowd, this time for Francis Goodchild's Lord Mayor's Procession. Hogarth's account of the parallel lives of the Industrious and Idle apprentices is on the surface a simple morality tale - but his view seems a bit ambiguous. Satirists never tell a simple story.
Excitement over new @britishmuseum Collections On-Line made me forget to tweet the next instalment of Industry and Idleness. Tom is in court and guess who decides his fate - and who is there to watch the judgement. And see how Hogarth changes the composition in working drawings. https://t.co/TrX3dmxSVS
Tom has turned to armed robbery (pistols, lower left) and has brought his loot to a prostitute who is more interested in the jewellery than in him. He is terrified by the sound of a cat falling down the chimney. Life is not turning out well for the idle boy. https://t.co/vxmLuNdzoA
Goodchild marries the boss's daughter and becomes partner in the business. Lots to say about wedding celebrations at his house on Fish Street Hill, see https://t.co/KkQKmlRzxR. Hogarth worked out his composition in two drawings https://t.co/pvVz9AxnxT and https://t.co/oRopkTEIku https://t.co/BOi5cEeHHa
Life's not so good for Tom Idle. Lost his job and off to sea. Mother is in tears and he doesn't look too happy as the scary-looking sailor points to a body hanging from a gibbet. The windmills are on the Isle of Dogs opposite Cuckold's Point, Rotherhithe - see Tom's rude gesture. https://t.co/xGiIzYEQl6
Goodchild in charge of running workshop - women spinning, men weaving, child fetching and carrying, elderly porter delivering rolls of cloth. All seems to run smoothly, but Hogarth lets #cat and #dog suggest otherwise. Cat looks even angrier in preparatory drawing @britishmuseum https://t.co/b10DvwhQYm
Hogarth's Industry and Idleness. Which apprentice weaver will become Lord Mayor of London? Which will end up at Tyburn? Can't resist showing sketches for the cat who's playing with Tom Idle's shuttle. Come and see them when @britishmuseum opens again. Next instalment tomorrow.
Steve Bell shows Prime Minister Tony Blair, Gillray shows Prime Minister William Pitt driving his chariot over opposition to war with revolutionary France, for details see @britishmuseum catalogue, https://t.co/JIkzoonSZc https://t.co/424wDlnNaf
@philistella @LockdownBestia1 Great that you are working on Amabel. She had so many different names during her life that references to her are sometimes confused. Many of the prints she collected found their way to @britishmuseum in 1917. We included some related to Napoleon in 2015 exhibition.
Today's British print @britishmuseum by William Hogarth: John Wilkes MP on trial for seditious libel in 1763 shown as leering hypocrite upholding Liberty as convenient slogan. But, with slight adjustment, image was used by supporters of Wilkes. Warning! Caricature can backfire.