The Complicated R_____n

Probably etched by Richard Livesay British
 After William Hogarth British
 Refers to Jonathan Richardson Sr. British

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A man looks through a telescope at another man's rear end. The text mocks the preface of Jonathan Richardson Sr.'s "Explanatory Notes and Remarks on Milton's Paradise Lost," pub. 1734 and the print is based on a sketch attributed to Hogarth.

The Complicated R_____n, Probably etched by Richard Livesay (British, 1750–1826 Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hampshire), Etching

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