[The profligate punished] [graphic]Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmakerMarch the 22nd 1775.engA man sitting in an armchair with his gouty foot on a footstool in front of him, looking up in pain at a maidservant who pours water from a kettle on the leg, distracted by a page standing behind the chair, another woman drinks beside the door in the background on the right, and a little boy takes something from the table on the left; after Penny; scratched-letter stateTitle from published state.Scratch-letter proof; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 2, no. 158, page 598.Companion print to: The virtuous comforted by sympathy and attention.