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The LETTER WOMAN.
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The LETTER WOMAN.

Dateca. 1770
Publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)
Engraver Philip Dawe
After work by Henry Morland
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 19" x OW: 11 1/2"; Plate H: 14" x W: 10"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-265
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The LETTER WOMAN./ Hen.y Morland pinx.t/ Publish'd as the Act directs [date erased]/ Phil. Dawe fecit/ This simple Boy has lost his Penny,/ And She without it wont take any;/ What can He do in such a Plight?/ This Letter cannot go to Night./ Printed for CARINGTON BOWLES, Map & Printseller, at N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, LONDON."