[Publish'd October 1st, 1805 by W.m Richardson, York House, Strand, 1805.]
Coloured etching. Image 150 x 125mm (6 x 5"), title pasted below. Trimmed to image, laid on album paper.
A bespectacled scholar of science poring over a book, while huddled over a fireplace, attempting to gain heat from the few coals in the brazier. Around him are texts: 'Perpetual Motion'; 'On the Gravitation of Flame' and 'Newton made easy by Question and Answer for young Ladies'.
[Ref: 50081]  £160.00