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English: Title: The prodigals nurse, or modern heir

Abstract: Print shows an interior view of a room in which a dapperly dressed young man, "Booby Squander, Esq.", turns over the deed to the family estate, his inheritance, to a money lender, the usurer "Solomon Thrifty", in return for a handful of coins. This scene is mirrored in an open window in the background where a spider has spun a web and caught a moth. Physical description: 1 print : engraving.

Notes: Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).; M. Iackson, invt. ; Boitard sculpt.; Includes 8 lines of verse: From Parents & from friends set free, / Young Squander comes the Town to see; / Debauch'd by Party and by Whores, / Dad stops his Hand in paying Scores / To Nurse, the Us'rer, he applies, / ...; Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May ... 1750.

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before 1750

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British Cartoon Prints Collection

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