The Good Girl Married to Her Master; The Wanton Laid in Her Grave

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The Good Girl Married to Her Master; The Wanton Laid in Her Grave
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The Good Girl Married to Her Master; The Wanton Laid in Her Grave

PortfolioPlate 10 in the series "Diligence and Dissipation" (1796-1797)
Artist (French, active in England, 1756 - 1810)
Artist (British, active c. 1797 - c. 1804)
Artist (English, 1746-1831)
Publisher (French, active in England, 1756 - 1810)
Date1797
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 505 × 593 mm. (19 7/8 × 23 3/8 in.)
Plate: 470 × 544 mm. (18 1/2 × 21 7/16 in.)
Image: 409 × 501 mm. (16 1/8 × 19 3/4 in.)
Collection AreaPRINTS
Credit LineGarrett Collection
Object number1946.112.11856
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Last Updated9/6/24
Image Not Available for The Good Girl Receives the Honourable Addresses of Her Master
The Good Girl Receives the Honourable Addresses of Her Master
Thomas Gaugain
1797
Image Not Available for The Modest Girl Rejects the Illicit Addresses of Her Master
The Modest Girl Rejects the Illicit Addresses of Her Master
Thomas Gaugain
1797
Image Not Available for The Wanton Revelling with Her Companions
The Wanton Revelling with Her Companions
Thomas Gaugain
1797
Image Not Available for The Wanton Dying in Poverty and Disease Visited by the Modest Girl
The Wanton Dying in Poverty and Disease Visited by the Modest Girl
Thomas Gaugain
1797
Image Not Available for The Modest Girl and The Wanton, Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House
The Modest Girl and The Wanton, Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House
Thomas Gaugain
1796
Image Not Available for The Modest Girl in Her Bedchamber
The Modest Girl in Her Bedchamber
Thomas Gaugain
1796
Image Not Available for The Wanton Turn'd Out of Doors for Misconduct
The Wanton Turn'd Out of Doors for Misconduct
Thomas Gaugain
1797
Image Not Available for Good Advice from an Old Servant to the Young Ones
Good Advice from an Old Servant to the Young Ones
Thomas Gaugain
1796
Image Not Available for The Adoption. - Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You're considering adoption?... You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair... (Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life... (Wormspire) - You want to marry your ward... - Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement. - Prepare for your retirement... get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize... I know, I know!
The Adoption. - Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You're considering adoption?... You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair... (Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life... (Wormspire) - You want to marry your ward... - Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement. - Prepare for your retirement... get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize... I know, I know!
1841
Image Not Available for Dem Was Good Ole Days
Dem Was Good Ole Days
Thomas Hovenden
1885
Image Not Available for A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
1837
Image Not Available for The Chevalier des Adrets is the lover of a woman of the world. He is amiable and fervent, he pretends to be passionate and devoted... one day, an alleged bailiff and an alleged bill of exchange fall like a clap of thunder into the midst of the most tender effusion of feeling... "Oh! My God!! The Baron de Wormspire, a so-called friend, has had the impudence to have me thrown into prison... He's ruined my good fortune, separated me from what I love! Oh! Friends!! What are friends?... There's no such thing as a friend!!!..." The poor woman, poor dupe, casts off her jewels, gives him everything she can, borrows, ruins herself, only to discover too late that her knight is only a knight of industry, a right Robert Macaire.
The Chevalier des Adrets is the lover of a woman of the world. He is amiable and fervent, he pretends to be passionate and devoted... one day, an alleged bailiff and an alleged bill of exchange fall like a clap of thunder into the midst of the most tender effusion of feeling... "Oh! My God!! The Baron de Wormspire, a so-called friend, has had the impudence to have me thrown into prison... He's ruined my good fortune, separated me from what I love! Oh! Friends!! What are friends?... There's no such thing as a friend!!!..." The poor woman, poor dupe, casts off her jewels, gives him everything she can, borrows, ruins herself, only to discover too late that her knight is only a knight of industry, a right Robert Macaire.
1838