Thomas Gaugain, Thomas Hellyer, James Northcote, Thomas Gaugain
The Good Girl Receives the Honourable Addresses of Her Master
1796
Thomas Gaugain, Thomas Hellyer, James Northcote, Thomas Gaugain
The Good Girl Receives the Honourable Addresses of Her Master
1796
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Painted by J. Northcote R.A."; below image, center left, in plate "Who can find a virtuous Woman? / for her price is far above rubies. / Prov. XXXI. Ver. 10. / House & riches are the inheritance of fathers, / and a prudent Wife is from the Lord. / Prov. XIX. Ver. 14."; below image, center, in plate "London, Published May 1, 1797, by T. Gaugain, No. 15 Five-fields-row, Chelsea, & No. 4 Little Compton Street, Soho. / Diligence & Dissipation / Plate the 8th. / The GOOD GIRL receives the honourable Addresses / of her Master."; below image, center right, in plate "Qui est ce qui trouvera une femme forte? / car son prix surpasse de beaucoup les perles. / Prov. XXXI. Ver. 10. / La maison et les richesses son l'heritage des peres: mais la femme prudente vient de l'Eternel. / Prov. XIX. Ver. 14."; below image, lower right, in plate "Engraved by Gaugain & Hellyer."; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "9(?)8(?)1(?)7" Verso: lower left in graphite "[indecipherable]26-"; lower right in graphite "24"
Markings: CM: Claghorn