"Pamela, Plate 12" (no title)

DateJuly 1, 1745

After work by Joseph Highmore (ca. 1692-1780)

Engraver Antoine Benoist (1721 - 1770)

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving with etching

DimensionsOH: 12 5/8" x OW: 16 1/8" (includes false margins); Plate H: 11 3/4" x W: 14 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-280,12

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Jos. Highmore inv. et pinx./ A. Benoist sculp./ Pamela with her Children and Miss Goodwin to whom she is telling her nursery/ tales. This last Piece leaves her in full possession of the peaceable fruits of her Virtue/ long after having surmounted all the difficulties It had been exposed to./ Pamela avec ses enfans et Mad.selle Goodwin, aqui elle conte des historiettes morales./ Ce dernier tableau la laisse en pleine possession des fruits paisibles de sa vertu, long/ tems apres avoir surmonte toutes les difficultes auxquelles elle avoit ete exposee./ Published, according to Act of Parliament, July 1.st 1745."