My Uncle Toby and the Widow

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My Uncle Toby and the Widow
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My Uncle Toby and the Widow

Daten.d.
MediumEtching and engraving
Dimensions108 × 75 mm. (4 1/4 × 2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGarrett Collection
Object number1946.112.12504
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
1837
Image Not Available for Seven o'clock. Monsieur Coquelet on the way home... one word, my dear, honestly, a neighbor, 45 years, a nice little widow, but a heart of stone.
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