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Weaving apprentice

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William Hogarth, "Industry and Idleness, Plate 1; The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms." 18th century.

Date created
1700–1800
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  • Colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars. (Page 6.8)

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Illustration of a man weaving at a loom. Another man looks over his shoulder.

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This detail of William Hogarth’s “Industry and Idleness, Plate 1; The Fellow ‘Prentices at their Looms” shows an industrious apprentice weaving while his master looks on from the doorway.