The LETTER WOMAN.

Dateca. 1770

Publisher Carington Bowles 1724 - 1793

Engraver Philip Dawe

After work by Henry Morland

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOH: 19" x OW: 11 1/2"; Plate H: 14" x W: 10"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1973-265

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The LETTER WOMAN./ Hen.y Morland pinx.t/ Publish'd as the Act directs [date erased]/ Phil. Dawe fecit/ This simple Boy has lost his Penny,/ And She without it wont take any;/ What can He do in such a Plight?/ This Letter cannot go to Night./ Printed for CARINGTON BOWLES, Map & Printseller, at N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, LONDON."ProvenanceBefore 1973, Weinred & Douwma, Ltd. (London, England); 1973-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).