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GSV1-monsell-bookworm

The hand-coloured illustration is unframed and centered on the tan page. On the right side of the image, a man in 18th-century dress sits in a backless chair or stool, facing left. His hair is tied back, and he wears a long green coat with frilled white sleeves, green breeches, white hose, and black slippers. In his hand, he holds a lorgnette up to his eyes. He peers down at a large gold-coloured book propped up on a pile of several other large books. There is a globe behind the books, showing mostly blue ocean with a pink continent visible along its top left edge. The artist’s initials are visible at the bottom left corner of the image: “EM.”