Twee voorstellingen uit Clarissa van Samuel Richardson 1795

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki's "Twee voorstellingen uit Clarissa van Samuel Richardson" (1795) is a pair of etchings that depict scenes from Samuel Richardson’s novel "Clarissa." The left etching shows a man kneeling before a woman seated on a couch. The right etching depicts a woman lying in a bed with a group of people standing around her. The work is a fine example of 18th-century illustration and shows Chodowiecki’s talent for capturing the drama and emotion of literary narratives. The etchings, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, are a valuable historical record of the visual culture of the time.