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DOS2006-PC-245
The Motherless Sage!
DOS2006-PC-245

The Motherless Sage!

Date1803
Engraver
Publisher
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching and engraving with period color
DimensionsFramed: OH: 10" x OW: 13"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-196
DescriptionMan on left says: "Pray Doctor had your/ Mother ever/ a Son?"
Doctor on right says: "Let me see! - she had two/ Daughters; but whether/ she ever had a son/ I really cannot recollect!"
Above the border lower left: "Pub.d by T. Williamson [mutilated] March 3 1803"
Lower margin reads: "I.C/ The MOTHERLESS SAGE!"Label TextThe publication location which should read "London : N 20 Strand, London" has been mutilated.ProvenanceBefore 1960, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1960-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).