Clarissa Harlowe & Solmes

Method Stipple
Artist J.R.Smith after W. Beechy
Published London Publish'd April 19 1780 by I.R Smith,No.83 Oxford Street
Dimensions 240 x 200 mm; Pl 292 x 235 mm
Notes Frankau 83

An illustration from volume II, page 218 to Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady. Richardson's epistolary novel, published in 1748, tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family. It is commonly cited as the longest novel in the English language.
Framing mounted
Price £200.00
Stock ID 10689

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