| Figure 55 The Prodigal
Son Receiving His Patrimony, published and sold by Shelton & Kensett,
Cheshire, England, 1814. Line etching. 14 3/4" x 10 7/8". (Courtesy,
Winterthur Museum.) The cartoonish chair in this image resembles the one
in Copleys portrait of Thomas Hancock (see fig. 52). |