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A Maiden Aunt Smelling Fire

Unknown Artist

An elderly aunt stands at the foot of the staircase with a candle and a cat, while her niece stands on the stairs above as her lover escapes up the stairs at right.

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956

[May 1, 1806], reissued May 1, 1812

Etching

32.2 x 23.0 cm

56.567.13

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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