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.
- Date:
- 1830-1839
- Reference:
- 33680i
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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
Publication/Creation
London (96 Cheapside) : S. Tregear
Physical description
1 print : lithograph ; image 15 x 11.5 cm
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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.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 33680i
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