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Hand-colored mezzotint printed for Carington Bowles, 69 St Paul's Churchyard, London, about 1784-1786. Copyright the Trustees of the British Museum.

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The other side has a male figure with the same inscriptions above and around him. To the left "By honest and industrious means We live a life of ease". to the right "Then let the compass be your guide And go where e'er you please" and below him "Industry Produceth Wealth." The four scenes beyond the compass indicate the fate of the man who does not keep within compass: gambling, and lust (seated with a woman on his knee) lead to moral disaster (a shipwreck) and prison. Another version of this design, printed by Thomas Baddeley, is in this exhibit.

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Hand-colored mezzotint printed for Carington Bowles, 69 St Paul's Churchyard, London, about 1784-1786. Copyright the Trustees of the British Museum.  

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The woman who does not keep within compass drops the baby as she raises her glass.
Shape Type
Breakfast & Tea Wares
Pattern Type
Genre Scenes
Date
1790-1800
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.20 in (41.15 cm)
  • Length: 22.80 in (57.91 cm)
  • Width: 12.30 in (31.24 cm)
Printer's Name
John Aynsley Lane End

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Pearlware teapot printed in black with Keep within Compass prints, showing the virtuous woman on one side and the virtuous man on the other. The female figure is on the principal side, that is, the side seen by a right-handed person when pouring the tea. She holds a book inscribed "The Pleasures of Imagination Realized" and stands beside an open jewellery chest labelled "The

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