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The Wanton Turn’d Out of Doors for Misconduct

Thomas Gaugain, Thomas Hellyer, James Northcote, Thomas Gaugain

The Wanton Turn’d Out of Doors for Misconduct

1796

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Thomas Gaugain, Thomas Hellyer, James Northcote, Thomas Gaugain

The Wanton Turn’d Out of Doors for Misconduct

1796

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 466 × 537 mm. (18 3/8 × 21 1/8 in.) Image: 408 × 499 mm. (16 1/16 × 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.11851

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Painted by J. Northcote R.A."; below image, center left, in plate "Now is she without, now in the streets, / and lieth in wait at every corner. / Prov. VII. Ver. 12. / Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk / in the ways of darkness. / Prov. II. Ver. 13."; below image, center, in plate "London, Published May 1. 1797, by T. Gaugain, No. 15 Five-fields-row, Chlesea, & No. 4 Little Compton Street, Soho. / Diligence & Dissipation / Plate the 5th. / The WANTON turn'd out of Doors / for Misconduct."; below image, center right, in plate "Etant tantôt dehors, tantôt dans les rues, et / tendant ses pieges a chaque coin de rue. / Prov. VII.. Ver. 12. / De ceux qui laissent les chemins d'integrité, / pour marcher dans les voies de tenebres. / Prov. II. Ver. 13."; below image, lower right, in plate "Engraved by Gaugain & Hellyer."; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "60[indecipherable]"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Thomas Gaugain

French, active in England, 1756 - 1810
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Artist

Thomas Hellyer

British, active c. 1797 - c. 1804
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Artist

James Northcote

English, 1746-1831
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Thomas Gaugain

French, active in England, 1756 - 1810
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