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Description: | The print relates to a story of the same name published in the literary album 'Friendship's Offering', edited by William Henry Harrison (1836).
The title of the story may refer to the 17th-century courtesan and writer Ninon de l' Enclos.
This print was published by the firm Smith, Elder & Co as were quite a number in the Herschel collection. The brother of Margaret Brodie Herschel (nee Stewart), Peter Stewart worked for Smith, Elder & Co as a printer.
Box Title: Herschel Collection 2.
caption: 'The Would-be Ninon'
caption: 'The Would-be Ninon', detail | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Herschel portfolio 19 prints | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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