Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A miser looks at his hoard of gold through his spectacles, with six lines of poetry by J. Gay. Stipple engraving by Balston.
A miser looks at his hoard of gold through his spectacles, with six lines of poetry by J. Gay. Stipple engraving by Balston.
Wellcome Collection

A miser looks at his hoard of gold through his spectacles, with six lines of poetry by J. Gay. Stipple engraving by Balston.

Baldon · 1799

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Gold in durance. Baldon sculp. ...

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