COMPLIANCE.

DateFebruary 1, 1796

Publisher Haines & Son

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color

DimensionsOH: 14 1/4" x OW: 10 3/8"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x W: 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1971-3328

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "COMPLIANCE./ Camilla Consents by the persuation of her Lover./ London Published 1.st Feb.y 1796 by Haines & Son, 19 Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane."
ProvenanceIn 1796 Fanny Burney published in 5 volumes Camilla: or a Picture of Youth. There is little doubt that this inspired this series of prints, if, indeed, they were not designed to illustrate the novel.