Virtue in a Humble Cott, London, 1793

by Robert Sayer

$350 · Offered by The Lawbook Exchange

A Joy That Shames the Palaces of Kings Sayer, Robert 1725-1824 , Publisher. Virtue in a Humble Cott. London: Robert Sayer and Co., 22 July 1793. 14 x 10 35.5 x 25 cm mezzotint measured to plate marks . Light toning, some soiling and edgewear to margins, very good overall. 350. * This popular image of a contented family is accompanied by a poem of 16 lines reflecting the 1790s cultural and political fascination with rural poverty, agrarian simplicity, and

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