A nap after dinner [graphic].

Description

Title: A nap after dinner [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 September 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 20th Sepr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "A young woman dozing in a chair in front of a window, beside the hearth which is shown on the right, wearing a spotted gown, posy and a miniature portrait around her neck; a book lettered 'Pleasant Dreams' open on a round table at her elbow."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: In slumber bles't with many a happy scene, Alass! she'll wake, & find it's all a dream, Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes, When monarch Reason sleeps, this mimick wakes. Vide Dryden.
Plate numbered "381" in lower left corner.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; February 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 26 cm, on sheet 36.4 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English