Frontispiece to laurence sterne, 'the life and opinions of tristram shandy, gentleman', 2nd ed. (r and j dodsley: london, 1760), vol. 1 (illustrating an episode in vol. 2); corporal trim stands at right, reading a sermon on conscience, seen from behind and illustrating the passage in which his posture is described with 'his knee bent, but that not violently - but so as to fall within the limits of the line of beauty'; at left dr slop, asleep in a chair by the fire; behind, walter shandy and uncle toby sitting and smoking, toby's map of the fortifications at namur above on the wall; state with grandfather clock in the corner and tricorne hat on the floor. Etching and engraving. Date: 1760. Dimensions: Height: 141 mm (cropped); Width: 82 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Laurence Sterne. Collection: British Museum. Print, frontispiece, satirical print (BM Cc,1.159)
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