The profligate son : a dream[approximately 1820]engTitle from item.Letterpress text, printed in two columns, beginning: Ruminating on the days which have long past over me ...With a wood engraved illustration on first page showing George IV in a tattered uniform, sitting on a stool in an alley in front of a sign saying "Remember the poor debtors"; another sign above him reads "Fleet Market," and the pawnbrokers' symbol hangs on a wall to the right. Antlers, dice, bottles, and papers (including one reading "Debts of honor") are on the ground at the King's feet. A crowd of angry men waiting for loan repayment can be seen in the background. A caption from Psalm lii. 7 is printed below: "Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength ..."Publisher's advertisement at foot of second page: Just published, the following dreams: (by the same author.) 1. The depraved husband. -- 2. The conspirators. -- 3. The degraded King. With appropriate cuts."Price 3d. coloured, - 2d. plain."