An elderly woman reading a novel by the fire asks her maid to change her library books, with a preference for romantic fiction. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

  • Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
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1830-1839
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33680i
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An elderly woman reading a novel by the fire asks her maid to change her library books, with a preference for romantic fiction. Lithograph after R. Seymour. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The woman, wearing spectacles, is sitting by the fire with two cats at her feet, a drink in one hand and a book in the other. Three volumes, presumably a three-decker novel, are on the table next to her

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London (96 Cheapside) : S. Tregear

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1 print : lithograph ; image 15 x 11.5 cm

Lettering

Kitty, take those books to the library, and get Mrs Brown to change them, tell her I'm fond of the romantic. Sketches by Seymour. No. 30. Vol. 2.

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Wellcome Collection 33680i

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