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O! May my virtue, guide me thro' the roads ... / J.R. f.

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John Gay

O! May my virtue, guide me thro' the roads ... / J.R. f.

[London?] : Pub. as Act directs, May 1795.
etching
plate mark: 157 x 86 mm; sheet: 166 x 94 mm
Peel 1791
Notes
Title from item.
Caption quote from John Gay's poem "Trivia" continues: ... Of Drury's mazy courts, and dark abodes / The Harlot's guileful paths, who nightly stand, / Where Catherine-street descends into the Strand.
Etched illustration removed from an unidentified publication.
At right of caption text: see page 26.
Not in George.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows a young man standing, full length, facing 3/4 tp the left.

Associated names
Excerpt from (work): Gay, John, 1685-1732. Trivia.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints