Beauty in search of knowledge [graphic].

London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street ... , 30th Decr. 1782.

1 print : mezzotint with etching ; plate mark 354 x 253 mm., on sheet 41 x 29 cm

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Depicts a pretty and elegantly attired young lady standing outside a circulating library. She faces right, turned towards the viewer, a parasol under her right arm and a book in her left hand. The windows of the library are filled with displays of books and pictures.

English

February 28, 2005

Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher