A bewildered doctor checking the pulse of lovesick young woman, her concerned mother comforts her, in the background Cupid is grinning and pointing to one of his arrows. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1802, after J. Opie.
Lettering: The love sick maid, or the doctor puzzled. "She never told her love." La fille malade d'amour, ou le medecin embarrassé. "Elle ne parloit jamais de son amour" Painted by J. Opie R.A. ; Engraved by Wm. Ward.
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