Kitty take those books to the library and get Mrs. Smith to change them, tell her I like something amorous

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Title: Kitty take those books to the library and get Mrs. Smith to change them, tell her I like something amorous
Contributor: Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, artist.
Marks, John Lewis, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1830 and 1836]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by J.L. Marks
Abstract: An elderly woman reading a novel by the fire asks her maid to change out her library books, stating a preference for romantic fiction. She wears spectacles and holds the book in one hand, a drink in the other. Two cats are at her feet; three additional volumes rest on the table next to her
Description: Title from text below image.
Artist inferred from series title above image.
Approximate date of publication from dealer's description.
Sheet trimmed to / within plate mark.
For a lithograph version of the same design, published by S. Tregear and with slightly different text below image, see Wellcome Collection 33680i.
Approximate date of publication based on other editions of Sketches by Seymour.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; May 2025.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22.2 x 14.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English