Pamela wordt tegengehouden op weg naar Mr. B. 1845

Louis Truchy created this engraving, "Pamela wordt tegengehouden op weg naar Mr. B.," in France sometime in the mid-18th century. It is after a scene in Samuel Richardson’s novel *Pamela*, which tells the story of a virtuous servant girl resisting the advances of her master. This image reflects the 18th-century French fascination with English literature, and more broadly with English culture. Novels like *Pamela* were controversial for their sympathetic depictions of the lower classes, and for portraying women as having interior lives of their own. In this print, we see an attempt to control the narrative of Pamela's virtue. The figures are sharply delineated, almost theatrical, reflecting the era's interest in moral clarity. Understanding the novel *Pamela*, along with the broader literary and cultural context of the time, is crucial to interpreting this engraving, so research into these areas would really help us to understand this artwork better.