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The Modest Girl and The Wanton, Fellow Servants in a Gentleman’s House

Thomas Gaugain, Thomas Hellyer, and others

The Modest Girl and The Wanton, Fellow Servants in a Gentleman’s House

1795

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The Modest Girl and The Wanton, Fellow Servants in a Gentleman’s House

1795

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 482 × 555 mm. (19 × 21 7/8 in.) Plate: 467 × 541 mm. (18 3/8 × 21 5/16 in.) Image: 405 × 497 mm. (15 15/16 × 19 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.11848

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Painted by J. Northcote R.A."; below image, center left, in plate "She looketh well to the ways of her household, / and eateth not the bread of idleness. / Prov. XXXI. Ver. 27. / Every wise woman buildeth her house, but the / foolish plucketh it down with her hands. / Prov. XIV. Ver. 1."; below image, center, in plate "London. Published May 1, 1796 by T. Gaugain, No. 15, Five-fields-row, Chelsea. / Diligence & Dissipation / Plate the 1st. / The MODEST GIRL and the WANTON / Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House."; below image, center right, in plate "Elle contempte le train de sa maison, et ne / mange point le pain de paresse / Prov. XXXI. Ver. 27. / Toute femme sage batit sa maison, mais celle / qui est folle la ruine de ses mains. / Prov. XIV. Vers. 1."; below image, lower right, in plate "Engraved by Gaugain & Hellyer." Verso: lower left in graphite "H(?)26[underlined]"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Thomas Gaugain

1755–1809

French, active in England, 1756 - 1810
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Artist

Thomas Hellyer

1796–1803

British, active c. 1797 - c. 1804
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Artist

James Northcote

1745–1830

English, 1746-1831
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Publisher

Thomas Gaugain

1755–1809

French, active in England, 1756 - 1810
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