Diligence and Dissipation: Or The Progress Of A Modest Girl and a Wanton, Exemplified In Ten Different Stages Of Their Lives: Being An Attempt To Exhibit The Natural Consequences Which Attend On Good And On Bad Conduct. The Plates Are Engraved From Pictures Invented And Painted By James Northcote, R.A.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
05/3344
Imprint
London:: Printed by H.L. Galabin, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street,, M.DCC.XCVI.
Physical Description
[1] f., frontis. (port.), 10 pl.; 577×725 mm.
Contents
[Frontis. (port.)] - [T.p.] - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece portrait of James Northcote is signed as drawn by P. Hoare and engraved by H. Kingsbury. The ten numbered plates are signed as painted by J. Northcote, R.A. and engraved by Gaugain & Hellyer.
Each numbered plate carries the publisher's imprint of T. Gaugain and the date.
Summary Note
The publication date of May 1 1796 is carried by plates 1-4 ; but that of May 1. 1797 by plates 5-10. (Another, octavo version of this work is recorded by ESTC, having [4], 51, [1] pages of text (ESTC T176603).)
The plates are captioned in English, and show: 1. 'The Modest Girl and the Wanton Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House'; 2. 'Good Advice from an Old Servant to the Young ones'; 3. 'The Wanton in her Bed Chamber'; 4. 'The Modest Girl in her Bed Chamber'; 5. 'The Wanton turn'd out of Doors for Misconduct'; 6. 'The Modest Girl rejects the Illicit Addresses of her Master'; 7. 'The Wanton Revelling with her Companions'; 8. 'The Good Girl Receives the honourable Addresses of her Master'; 9.'The Wanton dying in Poverty and Disease Visited by the Modest Girl'; 10. 'The Good Girl Married to her Master The Wanton laid in her Grave'. Each carries also a quotation from the Biblical book of Proverbs in English and in French.
All ten plates are engraved as 'Proof'.
Copy Note
The name of the printer given on the title page is largely obscured by a cartouche border which has been pasted round it.
Binding Note
20th-century red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Diligence And Dissipation - Northcote', 'R.A.' and '1796'.
Subject
Social ethics - Servants - Girls - Great Britain - History - 18th century
Paintings - Narrative art - Great Britain - 18th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century