FIT69655 Pamela leaves Mr B\'s house in Bedfordshire, from \'Pamela: or Virtue Rewarded\' by Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) published 1740, c.1744 (oil on canvas) by Highmore, Joseph (1692-1780); 62.6x75.6 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; (add.info.: Regarded as the first novel in English or the first modern novel. The story of a beautiful 15-year-old maidservant named Pamela Andrews, whose country landowner master, Mr. B, makes unwanted advances towards her after the death of his mother. After attempting unsuccessfully to seduce and rape her, her virtue is eventually rewarded when he sincerely proposes an equitable marriage to her.); 穢 Fitzwilliam Museum ; English, out of copyright.