[Pastoral love scene] [art original].

Description

Title: [Pastoral love scene] [art original].
Creator: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
Published / Created: [1785?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A flirtatious young couple under a pear tree: The male suitor is half-climbing the tree with one hand supporting himself on a branch and the other dropping freshly picked pears into the upraised apron of his companion. The couple stare lovingly into each others eyes and a the man's walking stick and hat rest on the ground off to the side
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Artist and date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Provenance: Alister Matthews; November 1963;
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet trimmed to oval shape 19.7 x 17 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and black ink and gray wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Topic): Courtship
Couples
Pears
Pear trees
Subjects: Courtship
Couples
Pears > England
Pear trees > England
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Pastoral Love Scene. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.