Extravagance and Dissipation (Primary Title)

H. Singleton, English, 1766 – 1839 (Artist)

ca. 1800
English
Works On Paper
Prints
stipple engraving on wove paper
Sheet: 28 1/4 × 22 5/8 in. (71.76 × 57.47 cm)
Plate: 26 1/4 × 21 1/8 in. (66.68 × 53.66 cm)
Image: 23 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (59.06 × 47.63 cm)
61.25
Not on view
Printed beneath image, lower left: "H. Singleton pinx.t"; lower right: "Darcis sculp.t"; lower center: "EXTRAVAGANCE/ and DISSIPATION/ London Publishd March 25, 1800."; lower margin on left: "With what a mingling tide of honest joy,/ Did either parent view their darling boy!/ With what fond prejudice alternate trace/ Each opening feature and unfolding grace."; lower margin on right: "Unhappy lot of her who lives to see/ This waking dream dissolv'd- unhappy she/ Who robb'd of all a wife's domestic joy/ Sees penury await her darling boy"
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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