The Lawyer's Clerk

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A young man in a torn jacket sits at a desk and eats an apple while writing on a piece of paper.

The lawyer's clerk.

(Facing p. 25.)

Artist

Name:: Meadows, Joseph Kenny
Dates:: 1790-1874
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Smith, John Orrin
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Harold B. Lee Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Heads of the people: or, Portraits of the English, vol. 1
Author:: Collective work
Publisher:: London: Robert Tyas, 1840
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Description:

A young man with shabby clothes and untidy hair is seen in profile, sitting at a desk, biting into an apple as he writes with a quill on a piece of paper.

The illustration is complemented by the following words from William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice: His master and he are scarce cater-cousins.

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