Who sees pale Mammon pine admist his store. Sees but a backwards Steward for the Poor. - After Blakey, Nicholas (Irish draftsman, active 1752-1758); Scotin, Gerard Jean-Baptiste, II (My University, 2008)
This picture was engraved by Scotin based on an image by Blakey and was used as a book illustration. The title is an excerpt from one of Alexander Pope's "Moral Essays".
Keywords: Mammon; Art -- Irish; Drawing -- Irish; Avarice; Acquisitiveness--Moral and ethical aspects; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. Moral essays.; Symbolism in art; Demonology in art; Fountains in art; Wealth--Psychological aspects; Serpents in art; 18th century