The danger of crim con! / Woodward del.

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The danger of crim con! / Woodward del.

Print shows a couple engaged in a "crim[inal] con[versation]"; the woman, seated on a chair, inclined toward a man seated next to her, her hands around his right arm; she says to him, "The good Man is gone a long Journey." He replies, "Would if I could - can't afford it."

Date & Place: London : Pub. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Strt., 1797 July 14.

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