Irish roads, or, Lifes finger post finem respice / [graphic]Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker[1813?]eng"An elaborate sign-post on a pillar, with five arms topped by a fool's cap, stands in the centre of a landscape. The directions are: 'To Love--you are requested not to pluck the Roses till they fall off. To Prison. NB The Courts of Law will shew the way, and take care of your Luggage. To Honour carry Arms with you as you will not get through without a Duel. To Matrimony Caution--Travel this road in boots and wear gloves it being overrun with Nettles. To the Undertakers Observe--the nearest way through the Apothecary Shop.' On the column: 'If you cannot read you must take your Chance.' A well-dressed English traveller (left) addresses a sturdy Irishman (right): "Why Pat! you have a variety of curious Roads here, but hav'nt you any Road to Preferment?" Pat answers: "Arrah my Jewel, but that Road has been removed to England ever since the Union; you pass through it to the Kings Palace and I['m] tould it's the dirtiest Road in Great Britain!"."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.Four lines of quoted text following title: "Howe'er 'tis well, that while mankind "through lifes perverse meanders errs, "some can imagin'd pleasures find, "to combat against real cares. Prior.Plate numbered "313" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5.Watermark: 1817.Leaf 11 in volume 5.