A lying-in visit; or a short-sighted mistake!, Vintage Print

Step back in time with this striking reproduction of A lying-in visit; or a short-sighted mistake!. Sourced from the United States Library of Congress.

Library of Congress record: Created 1792 Drawing for a print by Isaac Cruikshank. See SWANN - no. 350 (A size) for related image. The last word in the caption is different from the printed version, which ends with the word Creature." Other variations include differences in coloring and in the woman's dress and hat. Inscribed above woman: O you pretty creature!--bless the dear baby how it smiles. Give it to me Nurse--it has exactly its papas nose Drawings British Color 1790-1800.Satires (Visual works) British 1790-1800. lower left: G.M. Woodward Delin. Title inscribed below image. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.742) Published in: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.

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