Forms part of a collection of 20 drawings by Cruikshank to illustrate William Harrison Ainsworth's novel, The miser's daughter.
Drawing for an etched illustration for The miser's daughter, first published in book III, chapter 10, of Ainsworth's novel as it originally appeared as a serial publication in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume II, 1842.
Drawing is signed by the artist and inscribed with a title below image in pen and brown ink; numbered "18" at head of sheet in graphite, with sketch in the margin at right; on verso of mount: Vol. III, p. 190.
Drawing shows Mrs Nettleship, with an expression of rage upon her face, discovering that her fiance, who stands embarrassed to the right, is the valet of Beau Villiers instead of the gentleman himself; the latter stands finely dressed and gesturing to his servant, while various people look on in shock; with lap dogs and a clothed monkey in the foreground and a small preliminary sketch in graphite of a man with a cane in the margin at right.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.