13 x 18 in. (33 x 45.7 cm.) An oil on canvas en grisaille genre interior scene depicting a woman reading a letter with child and gentleman looking on.

7.88 x 5.75 in. (20 x 14.6 cm.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

This moralising genre scene is typical of Morland’s work of the 1780s. His aim of highlighting the moral shortcomings of domestic life shows the influence of William Hogarth (1697-1764). A notoriously ...

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