And Wouldst Thou Turn The Vile Reproach On Me? Original hand coloured part stipple and etched engraving. 1807

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This contemporary hand-coloured caricature, etched on a copper plate is a RARE image as it was suppressed at the time of issue as too dreadful a comment on society. Measures. Approx 11 x 15 inches (28 x 45 cm). The plate mark is good, not deep but visible and an extra surround outside that, some light signs of aging and a closed split at top edge about a third along from the right, no loss. *This image shows the poor servant, pregnant and in some embarrassment, being accused of lying over the father of the child by the old ill-formed master of the house, a sort of human we see today without the elongated features (at least visible). *There is a copy in the Beinecke collection at Yale which is the original first printing, like this one is and NOT from the Bohn 1852 reprint edition (which are the only examples found on the net) either for sale or as modern reprints, and the dimensions are identical to the Yale example. Does not seem to be in either the Royal Collection or the British Library. This has original hand colouring. NOT later. A short note in an early 19th century copperplate hand explains the rarity and why! is loosely included as part of the sale. N° de ref. del artículo 8259

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