Publisher/Manufacturer: Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Street, (printed by McQueen) 1820-1850 Engraving with mezzotint, hand coloured with watercolour and pastel, on pale brown wove paper
A middle-aged man, wearing a black buttoned jacket with winged collar, black trousers and spectacles, studies a large Bible. He is overlooked by a young woman (his daughter?) who rests one arm on his shoulder. She has dark curly hair and wears a silver / grey dress and cream shawl with tassles. They are seated on a green upholstered seat with drapes behind. Text on image, 'HOLY BIBLE'. Mezzotint engraving with red, green, yellow and white highlights in pastel. Paper backed with hessian canvas
