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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