A Young Woman (Heiress) Prepares to Sign a Document

Imitator of Thomas Rowlandson British

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A young and beautiful woman stands at left holding a quill pen, her wealth indicated by her fashionable dress, feathers in her hair and pendant earrings. To her right a lawyer stands behind a table with ink pots and holds up a document for her to sign. They are watched by an stout middle aged man at rights who wearing a military coat. The style of the dress sets the scene in the 1780s.

A Young Woman (Heiress) Prepares to Sign a Document, Imitator of Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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