The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeached by his Accomplices (Industry and Idleness, plate 10) 1747

"The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeached by his Accomplices (Industry and Idleness, plate 10)" is an etching by William Hogarth from 1747. This is the 10th plate in Hogarth's series, *Industry and Idleness*, where the viewer follows the contrasting fates of two apprentices. Here, the industrious apprentice, now a prosperous alderman, presides over a trial where the idle apprentice is being impeached for his wrongdoings. This engraving is a detailed visual representation of the 18th-century London society and a moral lesson on the consequences of industriousness and idleness.