Conjugal affection from the original picture presented to the city by Aldn. Boydell / [graphic]Thew, Robert, 1758-1802, printmaker[29 September 1799]eng"A wealthy middle class family gathered in a room, the father standing in the centre, leaning on the back of a chair which his youngest child stands upon, embracing him, a son standing beside pointing to an open book and the mother sitting at left, gazing to right while another daughter beside plays with a kitten, a bird in a cage on table beside; at right an older son looks out anxiously at the ships on river beyond, his coat over his arm.."--British Museum online catalogueThe paintings on the back wall of the room and the statue above the doorway amplify the moral subject of the printTitle from text in lower margin, centered.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Dedication engraved below image, on either side of title: To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III, & Queen Charlotte, this print is most humbly dedicated by their most dutiful and loyal subject, Jno. Boydell.