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'The Would-be Ninon'
The print relates to a story of the same name published in the literary album 'Friendship's Offering', edited by William Henry Harrison (1836).
The title of the story may refer to the 17th-century courtesan and writer Ninon de l' Enclos.
This print was published by the firm Smith, Elder & Co as were quite a number in the Herschel collection. The brother of Margaret Brodie Herschel (nee Stewart), Peter Stewart worked for Smith, Elder & Co as a printer.
The title of the story may refer to the 17th-century courtesan and writer Ninon de l' Enclos.
This print was published by the firm Smith, Elder & Co as were quite a number in the Herschel collection. The brother of Margaret Brodie Herschel (nee Stewart), Peter Stewart worked for Smith, Elder & Co as a printer.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAH6182 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Jones, S. J. E.; Smith, Elder & Co Staines, R. |
| Date made: | circa 1850 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Herschel Collection |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 359 x 261 mm; Plate: 241 x 164 mm |