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An angry father reproaching his daughter after intercepting a love-letter to her. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1817, after J. Opie.
Opie, John, 1761-1807.Date: 1817Reference: 674000i
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A girl stands in front of her grandmother who is holding a letter which she is questioning the girl about. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.C. Wood.
Wood, E. C. (Eleanora C.), active 1832-1858.Date: [1835]Reference: 27280i- Books
How to speak to girls and win their love / [by J. Abiakam].
Abiakam, J. C.Date: [1965?]
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A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.Date: Mar 1 1843Reference: 29584i
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A baffled doctor taking the pulse of a love-sick young woman, her maid slips a billet-doux secretly into her hand. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 11202i