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PRIDE.
Direct scan of object

PRIDE.

Dateca. 1765
Engraver Richard Houston (1721-1775)
After work by Philippe Mercier (1689 - 1760)
Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 14" x OW: 9 7/8" (trimmed to plate mark)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1977-285
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "PRIDE./ The bird of Juno, with unnumber'd Eyes,/ And explanation tacitly implys,/ Plain Innocence, in these degen'rate days,/ Attracts no gazers nor receives no praise,/ But oh! can all this artifice dress,/ A pleasing worthyness of soul express?/ No, these the friends of Nature must deride,/ For sense, and Nature, are the foes of pride./ Phil. Mercier pinx.t/ Rich.d Houston fecit/ London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street./ Price 1.s 6.d"