The sad discovery, or, The graceless apprentice [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[30 November 1785]eng"The interior of a bedroom. A young man crawls from under a large four-post bed on which a young woman is kneeling, holding up her arms in supplication towards an elderly man and woman in night attire who have entered from the right behind a watchman and a man with a blunderbuss; the latter kneels, pointing his weapon at the apprentice. The watchman puts his staff under the bed to push out the apprentice; his lantern stands on the floor beside him."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Sheet trimmed to / within plate mark.