[Columbine and Scaramouch] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Columbine and Scaramouch] [graphic].
Published / Created: [1745?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: In an open landscape, Columbine reposes on the ground, her arms and head supported on a large rock, her left arm thrown over her head. Scaramouche is kneeling behind her, grabbing with one hand the folds of her skirt as if to lift it. In the background on the left is a large tomb or a ruin
Description: Title devised by cataloger from captions below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
One of a series of prints with the Commedia dell'arte characters.
Eight lines of verse in two columns (four lines under each name): Columbine. How came I overtaken so? ... Scaramouch. Drunk and asleep fie Columbine ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted to 18 x 17 cm, window mounted to 23 x 19 cm.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v. i, p. 133; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 17 x 16 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1745
Engravings England London 1745
Etchings England London 1745
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Ravenscroft, Edward, 1654?-1707.
Subject (Topic): Commedia dell'arte in art
Subjects: Ravenscroft, Edward, 1654?-1707
Commedia dell'arte in art
England > 1745
England > London > 1745

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