Alan Stapylton Discovers a New Arrival

Illustration, of an interior scene, left foreground; well dressed moustached young man, leaning backwards across chair, looking sideways to a woman sat behind, sits with another sad young woman in ballgown? dress on chairs. Middleground; to the left a row of figures socialise, and to the right figures look towards to the woman being greeted by a man, who is seen from behind offering her something. She sits under a chandelier and in the background on the wall there is a framed picture. Detailed tonal wood engraving through line work and cross hatching. Text under image, same as title.