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Keep Within Compass

Print
1786 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dighton, Robert (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Representation of the rewards of virtue and the consequences of vice. A man stands under the span of a pair of compasses within a circular border with lettering; in the corner are scenes showing the miseries of vice, a ship being tossed about on the high seas, and faces behind the bars of a prison. Lettered with title and 'Keep Within Compass And You Shall Be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure' and 'Industry Produces Wealth'.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleKeep Within Compass
Materials and techniques
Engraving, coloured by hand
Paper
Printing Inks
Engraving
Brief description
Hand-coloured engraving by an unknown artist after Robert Dighton, entitled 'Keep Within Compass'. Great Britain, 1786.
Physical description
Representation of the rewards of virtue and the consequences of vice. A man stands under the span of a pair of compasses within a circular border with lettering; in the corner are scenes showing the miseries of vice, a ship being tossed about on the high seas, and faces behind the bars of a prison. Lettered with title and 'Keep Within Compass And You Shall Be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure' and 'Industry Produces Wealth'.
Dimensions
  • Length: 23.18cm
  • Height: 17.78cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
Keep Within Compass And You Shall Be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure 'Industry Produces Wealth' (Lettered with title and)
Credit line
Given by the Executors of Mr. H. Clifford Smith
Subjects depicted
Man
Shipwreck
Prison
Prison Window
Landscape
Compass
Associated object
E.4899-1960
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
  • Miller, Elizabeth, Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4898-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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