Wanted an Apprentice. I want to prentice my son, Sir, What will you teach him! Why to be up down fly and awake to everything, and / be his own lawyer; else he w'ont go through this world easily.
W. Clark (fl.1834)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1834
Materials
Paper, wood, glass and metal
Measurements
380 x 306 x 17 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 23029.4
Summary
Print, lithograph, Wanted an Apprentice. I want to prentice my son, Sir, What will you teach him! Why to be up down fly and awake to everything, and / be his own lawyer; else he w'ont go through this world easily. One of a set of four caricature lithographs in black frames with gilt decoration. Man behind desk facing a man and boy with sign reading WANTED / AN APPRENTICE ../ £200. PREMIUM. At top left in a rectangular box Treagear's / Flights of / Humour / No.65 ; inscription below picture Printed by W.Clark, 202 High Holborn. Published by G S Treagear 96, Cheapside, London / WANTED AN APPRENTICE / I WANT TO PRENTICE MY SON SIR, WHAT WILL YOU TEACH HIM ! WHY TO BE UP, DOWN, FLY and AWAKE TO EVERTHING and / BE HIS OWN LAWYER; ELSE HE W'ONT GO THROUGH THIS WORLD EASILY. Badly mildewed.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters
Marks and inscriptions
WANTED AN APPRENTICE / I WANT TO PRENTICE MY SON SIR, WHAT WILL YOU TEACH HIM ! WHY TO BE UP, DOWN, FLY and AWAKE TO EVERTHING and / BE HIS OWN LAWYER; ELSE HE W'ONT GO THROUGH THIS WORLD EASILY
Makers and roles
W. Clark (fl.1834), artist Gabriel Shire Tregear (fl.1828 - 1840), engraver and publisher