Lot 4: 2 x antique mezzotints, 'A Cottage Seamstress', published March 1st, 1809 by Clay & Scriven, London, 27 x 19.5cm, together with 'The Mother's Pride', published October 6, 1808 by John P. Thompson, London, 21 x 13.5cm, both in original hand gilded frames

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