A lying-in visit, or, A short sighted mistake [graphic].

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Title: A lying-in visit, or, A short sighted mistake [graphic].
Alternative Title: Short sighted mistake
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 February 1806]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1806 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: "A lady (left) darts forward in profile to the right, bending low, both arms extended towards a coal-scuttle which a footman in livery is bringing in. He looks at her with irritated dismay. She says: "O You pretty creature! - bless the dear baby, how it smiles give it to me Nurse - it has exactly its papa's nose & mamma's eyes. O it is a delightful little Creature." She wears a plain striped gown with a sash, a high-crowned hat of checked material; ringlets fall on her shoulders."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Reduced copy of a print originally published by S.W. Fores in 1792.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered '20' in the lower left corner.
A reduced copy of no. 8211 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings: coal scuttles -- Domestic service: footmen.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xii.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 9.1 x 13 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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