Dear Madam I have found my Puzzle for a Curious Girl - 2d edition, 1805, given to my mother ‘Miss Fanny Bargus’ as her name is written. The illustrations are cuts, very tightly dressed, the father in knee breeches, the servant opening the carriage door in a cocked hat. I was guilty of painting the first cuts very badly indeed

I have also ‘the Little Queen’ in the Children’s Miscellany where are also Little ... continue reading