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CAP.T JESSAMY learning the PROPER DISCIPLINE of the COUCH.
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CAP.T JESSAMY learning the PROPER DISCIPLINE of the COUCH.

DateApril 2, 1782
Publisher 1724 - 1793
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" X OW: 10 1/2"; Plate H: 14" X W: 9 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-490
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "CAP.T JESSAMY learning the PROPER DISCIPLINE of the COUCH./Printed for & Sold by CARINGTON BOWLES, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, LONDON. Published as the Act directs. 2 April 1782."ProvenanceBefore 1971, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1971-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).