The choice of this image has been the subject of much speculation. The whole of the front of this volume was most carefully choreographed, so it will have been chosen with purpose.
Drawn by T.M.WrightEngraved by Chas Heath
THE IMPROVISATRICE.
He heard her prayer with withering look; Then from unholy herbs he took A drug, and said it would recover The lost heart of her faithless lover.
Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co. London, 1824