Boastful and rough your first Son is a Squire...

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Date:
2008-08-18
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This image was originally created as a book illustration. The title of this illustration is a reference to a poem in Alexander Pope's Moral Essays. The full excerpt, seen below the image, reads as follows: "Boastful and rough your first Son is a Squire, / The next a Tradesman, meek and much a liar; / Tom struts a Soldier, open, bold and Brave; / Will make a Scrivener, an exceeding Knave."
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Culture:
Irish
Dimensions/Extent:
16.1 cm x 9.4 cm
Work:
prints (visual works)
Author: Blakey, Nicholas (Irish draftsman, active 1752-1758)
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artist
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Image
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http://hdl.handle.net/2262/20680
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Period:
18th century
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Book illustrations.
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