Series of 8 hand-colored engraving narrative caricatures, on 1 sheet, including 3 with infantry officer in uniform, published 12 October 1794. Plate 2 of two plates: '[3] 'Is sent to College - loves a pretty girl much better than Euclid'. The interior of a college room. A buxom young woman (left) sits in a chair with a young man in academic cap and gown on her knee. They are startled by the entrance of an irate parson (right), who bursts open the door, overturning a small table on which are bottles and glasses. [4] 'Arrives to man's estate and becomes a prey to Sharpers'. A fracas at a gaming-table. The young man, now growing stout, has risen from his chair, clutching a dice-box and clenching his fist. Two men have been thrown to the ground, but two others of tough appearance remain seated, and a fifth enters the room holding a club...[7] 'Gets fond of his little family and his wife gets fond of his best friend and cuckolds him'. He sits in a chair in profile to the right, teaching two little boys and an older girl. All appear contented. Behind his back (right) a buxom woman and a military officer, their arms round each other's necks, watch him with amusement. She puts her hand above his head with two fingers extended to represent horns. [8] 'Flies for relief to the Bottle and mends his condition'. He staggers along (right to left), very drunk and dishevelled, supported by two aged watchmen each with a lantern. He holds the wig of a watchman whose hat he kicks along the street... [11] 'Is disbanded and wrecked on his return home'. He sits meditatively on a rock, his back to a raging sea in which a dismasted ship tosses. He wears neat regimentals and a cocked hat, and holds his sword, its point resting on the ground. [12] 'On his return home finds his family eating a sorry meal in a garret'. He rushes through a doorway (left), dropping his sword and holding out his arms to a pretty girl who rushes towards him. A delighted boy is behind her. Behind is a table with a loaf. The room is poverty-stricken...[15] 'Is arrested by his landlord for rent'. He stands pleading with a stout, surly-looking man (right). His weeping daughter, now a woman, stands between them. Behind him (left) is a ruffianly bailiff's man with a bludgeon. [16] 'Terminates his miseries in a Prison.' He sits in a dressing-gown in an arm-chair, his eyes closed. His daughter (left) puts her hand to his heart with an agonized expression. His son (right) covers his face with his hands. The hero, who is handsome throughout, and his good-looking family are not caricatured, as are many of the other figures (parson, doctor, watchmen, &c)' -- British Museum Series of 8 hand-colored engraving narrative caricatures, on 1 sheet, including 3 with infantry officer in uniform, published 12 October 1794. Plate 2 of two plates: '[3] 'Is sent to College - loves a pretty girl much better than Euclid'. The interior of a college room. A buxom young woman (left) sits in a chair with a young man in academic cap and gown on her knee. They are startled by the entrance of an irate parson (right), who bursts open the door, overturning a small table on which are bottles and glasses. [4] 'Arrives to man's estate and becomes a prey to Sharpers'. A fracas at a gaming-table. The young man, now growing stout, has risen from his chair, clutching a dice-box and clenching his fist. Two men have been thrown to the ground, but two others of tough appearance remain seated, and a fifth enters the room holding a club...[7] 'Gets fond of his little family and his wife gets fond of his best friend and cuckolds him'. He sits in a chair in profile to the right, teaching two little boys and an older girl. All appear contented. Behind his back (right) a buxom woman and a military officer, their arms round each other's necks, watch him with amusement. She puts her hand above his head with two fingers extended to represent horns. [8] 'Flies for relief to the Bottle and mends his condition'. He staggers along (right to left), very drunk and dishevelled, supported by two aged watchmen each with a lantern. He holds the wig of a watchman whose hat he kicks along the street... [11] 'Is disbanded and wrecked on his return home'. He sits meditatively on a rock, his back to a raging sea in which a dismasted ship tosses. He wears neat regimentals and a cocked hat, and holds his sword, its point resting on the ground. [12] 'On his return home finds his family eating a sorry meal in a garret'. He rushes through a doorway (left), dropping his sword and holding out his arms to a pretty girl who rushes towards him. A delighted boy is behind her. Behind is a table with a loaf. The room is poverty-stricken...[15] 'Is arrested by his landlord for rent'. He stands pleading with a stout, surly-looking man (right). His weeping daughter, now a woman, stands between them. Behind him (left) is a ruffianly bailiff's man with a bludgeon. [16] 'Terminates his miseries in a Prison.' He sits in a dressing-gown in an arm-chair, his eyes closed. His daughter (left) puts her hand to his heart with an agonized expression. His son (right) covers his face with his hands. The hero, who is handsome throughout, and his good-looking family are not caricatured, as are many of the other figures (parson, doctor, watchmen, &c)' -- British Museum Large upright folio; plate mark, margins intact; worn, creased. N.Y., Walter Schatzki, 1971.