The ruined girl

Description

Title: The ruined girl
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: 10 Octr. 1786.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robert Sayer, Map and Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Abstract: A young woman stands weeping beside a sofa, holding a handkercheif to her eye. On the floor is a letter. The room is decorated wtih a dado (Adam urn design), sofa, curtains, and patterned rug
Description: Title etched below image.
Number '135' in lower left corner of plate.
Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Oh! fatal day when to my virtues wrong, I fondly listen'd to his flattering tongue. But oh! more fatal moment when he gain'd, that vile consent whcih all my glory staind.
Temporary local subject terms: Dado -- Framed picture.
Provenance: Suckling; June 1956;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.4 x 26 cm, on sheet 36.3 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints England 1786
Mezzotints England London 1786
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Floor coverings
Wallpapers
Draperies
Rugs
Sofas
Subjects: Floor coverings
Wallpapers
Draperies
Rugs
Sofas
England > 1786
England > London > 1786

Access: Public
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