The finishing of an aldermans picture [graphic].

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Title: The finishing of an aldermans picture [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: A young woman reclining on a sofa looks adoringly at a young man who, kneeling with one knee on the sofa in front of her, draws the horns of a cuckold on the portrait of a stout, older man above them. On either side of the portrait are two ornate, oval mirrors. The picture on the wall amplifies subject of the print
Description: Title engraved below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Series numbers in upper left and right corner of plate, respectively: V.3 8.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 246 x 176 mm, on sheet 270 x 176 mm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Adultery
Couples
Parlors
Sofas
Subjects: Adultery
Couples
Parlors
Sofas
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

Access: Public
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