Thomas Gaugain, Thomas Hellyer, and others
The Wanton Dying in Poverty and Disease Visited by the Modest Girl
1796
- Artist: Thomas Gaugain
- Artist: Thomas Hellyer
- Artist: James Northcote
- Publisher: Thomas Gaugain
The Wanton Dying in Poverty and Disease Visited by the Modest Girl
1796
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Painted by J. Northcote R.A."; below image, center left, in plate "She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her / hands to the needy. / Prov. XXXI. Ver. 20. / And thou mourn at the last, when the flesh and thy body are / consumed, _ ; And say how have I hated instruction, and my heart / despised reproof? _ ; And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, / nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me? / Prov. V. Ver. 11. 12. 13."; 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 9th / The WANTON Dying in Poverty & Disease / Visited by the Modest Girl."; below image, center right, in plate "Elle étend sa main a l'affligé, et elle avance ses mains au pauvre. / Prov. XXXI. Ver. 20. / De peur que tu ne rugisses quand tu seras au bout, quand ta chair et ton / corps tomberont en défaillance: _ Et que tu ne dises comment ai-je hai / l'instruction, et mon coeur a t'il dedaigné les censures? _ Comment / n'ai-je point obéi a la voix de ceux que ménseignoient et n'ai-je point / preté l'oreille a ceux qui m'endoctrinoient? / Prov. V. Ver. 11. 12. 13."; below image, lower right, in plate "Engraved by Gaugain & Hellyer"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "[indecipherable]" Verso: lower center in graphite "64"; lower right in graphite "No 43 / 12/"
Markings: CM: Claghorn WM: 1794
