A frontispiece for a journal - Public domain dedication image

Print shows a beggar maid (Fanny Kemble, who married Pierce in 1834 and retired from the stage) holding play-bill, "beggar's petition," and a sheet of paper that states "Pity kind Yankees, friends to Humanity, give me a rich husband and I will be gone." She confronts a fancily dressed woman, holding a paper that states "Beggars Opera. A Bold stroke for a husband." The haughty woman says, "Mercy God! what's here? A poor bread-hunter!!!!" Includes several lines of verse.

Caption continues: "Born to good luck," by "Scene-shifting" in Fortunes Frolicks;" or the English beggar Girl's elevation to a Butler's Lady!!!
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1835, by James Akin, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Inscribed in ink on back: No. 70. Dep. by James Akin May 13 1835 as author.
Former call number: "PGA - Akin Born to good luck..."