print;
book-illustration;
book
- Museum number
- 1862,1011.265
- Title
- Object: Be calm, my child, remember that you must do all the good you can the present day.
- Description
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Illustration to Mary Wollstonecraft's "Original Stories from Real Life" (London; 1791); first state; Mrs. Mason walks between the girls Mary and Caroline; they are seen from behind, except the girl on the left who is looking over her shoulder; trees frame the image from the left; in the background is a pond with water plants, and a ruined house. 1791
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1791
- Dimensions
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Height: 169 millimetres (trimmed within platemark)
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Width: 96 millimetres (trimmed within platemark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This book has six plates, all by Blake (registration numbers 1862,1011.262 - 267). For mounted impressions from the second edition, see reg. nos. 1918,0413.9 - 14.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Original Stories from Real Life
- Acquisition date
- 1862
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1862,1011.265