A College Scene, or a Fruitless Attempt on the Purse of Old Square-toes

Edward Williams the Elder British
 After Thomas Rowlandson British
 Publisher John Raphael Smith British

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A scene of a young student in his study asking his father or friend to financially support him during his studies. The man on the left looks into the distance as he decides.

A College Scene, or a Fruitless Attempt on the Purse of Old Square-toes, Edward Williams the Elder (British, active London, ca. 1786), Hand-colored etching with stipple and softground

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