Is this my Daughter Ann.
DateJune 27, 1774
After work by
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm
Publisher
Sarah Sledge
(fl. 1771 - 1781)
Engraver
Watson
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 17" x OW: 10 7/8"; Plate H: 13 5/8" x W: 9 5/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1941-179
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Is this my Daughter Ann./ S.H. Grimm inv.t et delin./ Watson sculp./ The Matron thus Supprised exclaims,/ And the deluded Fair One Blames,/ But had the Mother been as Charming,/ She had Thought the Mutual sport no harm./ This Moral's an undoubted Truth,/ Age envies Still the Joys of Youth./ Printed for S. Sledge, Printseller in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, as the Act directs 27 June 1774."
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1760 (dated)
1781
ca. 1880