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James Sibbald|Charles Grignion, I|Thomas Rowlandson

The First Meeting of Matthew Bramble and Humphry Clinker, an illustration from Tobias Smollett's "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" (London, 1793), Vol. 1. 1793

1793
Etching and engraving
11.5 × 16.4 cm (4.5 × 6.5 in)

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