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Is this my Daughter Ann.
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Is this my Daughter Ann.

DateJune 27, 1774
After work by
Publisher fl. 1771 - 1781
Engraver
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 17" x OW: 10 7/8"; Plate H: 13 5/8" x W: 9 5/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1941-179
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Is this my Daughter Ann./ S.H. Grimm inv.t et delin./ Watson sculp./ The Matron thus Supprised exclaims,/ And the deluded Fair One Blames,/ But had the Mother been as Charming,/ She had Thought the Mutual sport no harm./ This Moral's an undoubted Truth,/ Age envies Still the Joys of Youth./ Printed for S. Sledge, Printseller in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, as the Act directs 27 June 1774."ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).