Mama, Don't Make Me Beg in Vain, Pray Read That Pretty Book Again

After Adam Buck Irish

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British

April 15, 1808

Not on view

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Title: Mama, Don't Make Me Beg in Vain, Pray Read That Pretty Book Again
Artist: After Adam Buck (Irish, Cork 1759–1833 London)
Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
Date: April 15, 1808
Medium: Stipple and engraving with wash
Dimensions: sheet: 8 13/16 x 7 3/8 in. (22.4 x 18.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.544.62
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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