The countess, having taken a dose of laudanum nears death, and is kissed by her sickly child held towards her by an elderly maid; her father slips her ring from her finger. Engraving by Louis Gérard Scotin after William Hogarth, 1745.

    • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
    Date:
    [1745]
    Reference:
    38358i

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: The countess, having taken a dose of laudanum nears death, and is kissed by her sickly child held towards her by an elderly maid; her father slips her ring from her finger. Engraving by Louis Gérard Scotin after William Hogarth, 1745. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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