A companion print to BMSat 6903. A young woman stands within a compass inscribed 'Fear God', holding an open book inscribed 'The Pleasures of Imagination Realized'. At her feet is an open chest full of guineas from which hang bank-notes and jewels; it is inscribed 'The Reward of Virtue'. A small dog stands beside her. In the background (right) is a country house, on the left farm-buildings and haystacks. The four corners are filled (as in BMSat 6903) with the disasters which beset the woman who does not 'keep within compass'. (1) A woman weeps dejectedly with cards and an empty purse on the ground at her feet. (2) A drunken woman lets an infant fall from her arms; on the wall is a torn print inscribed 'Domestic Happiness'. (3) A woman is being conducted to the watch-house by two watchmen, one with his lantern, the other with a rattle. (4) She beats hemp in Bridewell, a man standing behind her with a whip, as in Hogarth's 'Harlot's Progress'. The words round the circle are the same as in BMSat 6903. Beneath the circle is inscribed 'Prudence produceth esteem'. Below the design four verses are engraved, the first:
<p><br><br>'Instead of Cards my Fair-one look,
<br>(I beg you'll take it kind) 
<br>Into some learned Author's Book,
<br>And cultivate your mind.'  1785
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<br>Mezzotint with hand-colouring
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<p>After: Robert Dighton
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<dl><dd>Published by: Bowles &amp; Carver</dd></dl></div>
1785<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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