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1959-83,1, Print
FORTUNE bestowing equal Favours on Two Brothers (named CHARLES and FREDERICK) the first of whom uses them with prudence, while the latter destroys them in extravagance and disspation.
1959-83,1, Print

FORTUNE bestowing equal Favours on Two Brothers (named CHARLES and FREDERICK) the first of whom uses them with prudence, while the latter destroys them in extravagance and disspation.

DateAugust 31, 1787
Publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOH: 9 3/4" x OW: 15 1/2"; Plate H: 7" x W: 10 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1959-83,1
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "Book 36. Twelve Prints respresenting the CONTRAST between VIRTUE and VICE, exhibited in the Characters of TWO BROTHERS."

The lower margin reads: "Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles,/ N.o 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London./ FORTUNE bestowing equal Favours on Two Brothers (named CHARLES and FREDERICK) the first/ of whom uses them with prudence, while the latter destroys them in extravagance and dissipation./ Published as the Act directs, 31 August, 1787."