The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn', plate XI of Industry and Idleness Product:Canvas after Stothard'

after Stothard'

Fleet Prison

Southwark Bridge Road is also shown

showing the interior of a breeches maker's shop

Perspective view of the building used for a firework display in 1749 to commemorate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession

The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn', plate XI of Industry and Idleness Product:Canvas after Stothard''The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn', plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747; The crowds gather at Tyburn to watch Idle's execution. A Methodist preacher urges him to repent; the executioner sits astride the gallows. A woman peddles the 'Last Dying Speech' and Tiddy Doll sells gingerbread, amidst fighting and shouting spectators. Final state of plate.