The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]

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Title: The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]
Alternative Title: Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Creator: Darcis, Louis, -1801, printmaker
Contributor: Morland, George, 1763-1804, artist.
Published / Created: publishd. March 25, 1800.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confin'd! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ...
Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconemy [sic].
Provenance: Donald A. Heald; April 2023.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 67 x 56 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English