The sad story [graphic]

Description

Title: The sad story [graphic]
Creator: Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, publisher.
Published / Created: [29 July 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. July 29, 1782, by I.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Abstract: "A woman sitting in a chair at left reading from a book to a girl with a dog and boy standing and another girl sitting at right, all with sullen expressions; after Bunbury, second state before publication line altered."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3002.
Four lines of verse below title: By angels caught, all-hallow'd as they flow, are tears we shed for sorrows not our own; and bosoms heaving for anothers woe, waft their own incense to the heavenly throne. EW [monogram].
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: ?Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
Mounted on page 101 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : stipple engraving in sepia ink on laid paper ; sheet 28.6 x 19.8 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 28.5 x 20 cm, on sheet 28.9 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English