Depicting a scene from "Full Report of The Second Meeting of The Mudfog Association for The Advancement of Everything" by "Boz", a.k.a. Charles Dickens. Sir Isaac Newton, in early 18th century costume, seated next to his fiancée, absent-mindedly using her little finger as a tobacco stopper.
Cohn, Albert M. "George Cruikshank: A catalogue raisonné of the work executed during the years 1806-1877." From the offices of "The Bookman's Journal," 1924, London.
Notes (object):
Illustration from Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II. This item is from the American edition, published by Jemima M. Lewer, which contains July 1838-December 1838.
