This extract accompanies Podcast 20 - Living with madness 1: an apprentice in danger, 1738

IMAGE: ‘Fashion Before Ease, or A Good Constitution Sacrificed for a Fantastic Form', pub. by Hannah Humphrey, 1793. Credit: George Moutard Woodward / Bridgeman Art Library / Universal Images Group, Rights Managed / For Education Use Only

NOTE: The young man in this extract was apprenticed to a London stay or corset maker.

SOURCE: Westminster Sessions: Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents. London Lives, LMWJPS654130018. Find out more at http://www.londonlives.org/

Voice Credit: Sebastian Bridges