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William Rowbottom's Diary as published in the Oldham Standard

From: GALLERY : A PICTORIAL BACKGROUND TO THE LIFE & TIMES OF WILLIAM ROWBOTTOM, circa 1757 - 1830

Deansgate, Manchester

The Fellow 'Prentices at Their Looms
from the series, Industry & Idleness by William Hogarth

Interestingly, the British Museum has a preliminary drawing for this engraving which shows differences in the detail and flipped left to right at some time.
The version above appears in 'The Complete Works of William Hogarth with an Introductory Essay by James Hannay' published in 1800.

The book is free to download, as .pdf and other, from the Internet Archive HERE
Introduction link
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Oldham at that time - link

Gallery pages sourced & created by Sheila Goodyear.
William Rowbottom's Diary as published in the Oldham Standard - Transcribed by Mary Pendlbury & Elaine Sykes
Courtesy of Oldham Local Studies & Archives - Not to be reproduced without permission of Oldham Local Studies & Archives
Header photograph © Copyright David Dixon and licensed for re-use under the C.C. Licence.'Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0'
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