Boastful and rough your first Son is a Squire... - Blakey, Nicholas (Irish draftsman, active 1752-1758) (My University, 2008)
This image was originally created as a book illustration. The title of this illustration is a reference to a poem in Alexander Pope's Moral Essays. The full excerpt, seen below the image, reads as follows: "Boastful and rough your first Son is a Squire, / The next a Tradesman, meek and much a liar; / Tom struts a Soldier, open, bold and Brave; / Will make a Scrivener, an exceeding Knave."
Keywords: Art -- Irish; Engraving--18th century; Brothers in art; Clothing and dress -- Ireland -- History; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. Moral essays; Interior architecture--History; Poetry--Illustrations; Weapons in art; Fishing rods--Pictorial works; 18th century; Book illustrations.