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The Public Advertiser, London, May 4, 1758 To every Benevolent Reader The humble Petition of a young Man and his Wife who, with two Infant Children, are reduced by the fatal Necessity of unavoidable Misfortunes to extreme Poverty; the Terror of...   High-res

The Public Advertiser, London, May 4, 1758

To every Benevolent Reader

The humble Petition of a young Man and his Wife who, with two Infant Children, are reduced by the fatal Necessity of unavoidable Misfortunes to extreme Poverty; the Terror of perishing for Want in a Gaol forces the unhappy Man to confine himself; a tender Education, for they were both well introduced in the World, prevents his being capable of acting in a low laborious Station, a View not very distant may relieve them but immediate Want depends for Relief on public Charity, for private Friendship is exhausted. May the reader, whose Humanity feels for this miserable Family, be ex(?)ed to enquire the Truth of what is here said, and leave their Donations as they please with Mr. Smith, Perfumer, in Norris-street, St. James’s Market; and at Mr. Harrington’s, Fishmonger, at Charing Cross. They gratefully acknowledge the Reception of 15 by Mr. Smith, and 1l. 1s. 6d. by the Hands of Mr. Harrington, which has enabled the industrious Wife to being a little Business, but without some additional Charity, the Profits must be inadequate to their Wants.

I wonder about this part: “tender Education, for they were both well introduced in the World, prevents his being capable of acting in a low laborious Station”. Could he not or would he not?

The Drunkard’s Children, Plate VIII (final scene): The maniac father and convict brother are gone - the poor girl, homeless, friendless, destitute, and gin mad, commits self-murder. George Cruikshank, 1848 (A folding book containing eight scenes; the...   High-res

The Drunkard’s Children, Plate VIII (final scene):  The maniac father and convict brother are gone - the poor girl, homeless, friendless, destitute, and gin mad, commits self-murder. George Cruikshank, 1848

(A folding book containing eight scenes; the first; the son and daughter drinking in a gin shop surrounded by low characters; the second; the son gambling, other men and women singing and drinking; the third; the daughter dancing, surrounded by other nefarious looking dancers; the fourth; the son in bed at a lodging house, arrested by policemen for committing a robbery; the fifth; the son in the dock, lawyers and the jury looking at him, his sister crying next to him; the sixth; the son, sentenced to transportation, beckoned off by the gaoler, his sister weeping on his shoulder; the seventh; the son, dying in the sick-berth of a prison hulk, attended by a doctor and the priest, a convict looking on; the eighth, the daughter throwing herself from a bridge in despair.)