The Moralist

John Raphael Smith1787

Details

Title: The Moralist
Creator: William Nutter after John Raphael Smith
Date Created: 1787
Subject Keywords: genre
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed: “Painted by J. R. Smith Engraved by W. Nutter / Let Youth pluck the rose & a wreath let him weave / While wet with the dew of the morn; / But alas he will find when with me at the eve, / That the rose left behind it a thorn. / The pluck’t rose is the classical emblem of death, / Tis the mirror we hold to the fair, / It teaches how Virtue embalmeth the breath, / But if pluck''t—it empoisons the air / [?W]”; 15 January 1805 by Molteno
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1997
Materials & Techniques: Stipple engraving printed in brown ink on laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published 12 February 1787 by Smith, No. 31 King Street, Covent Garden
Dimensions: 1802
Bibliography: Smith cat. no. 151
Associated People: Created by William Nutter (British (English), 1754-1802), After John Raphael Smith (British (English), 1751-1812)
Accession Number: 1997.16.7

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