Harry Beaufort; or, The Child of Nature, frontispiece

An older boy sits in a chair in a luxurious room watching several fish swim in a large, ornate fish bowl. Behind him, a woman stands before a window while engrossed in reading a book. The older boy chooses not to read, like the woman in the background. Instead, he observes a common domestic object, the fishbowl, which collects and displays animals. The caption reads, “—and sat for some time quietly observing, page 157.”