The syrens

Description

Title: The syrens
Alternative Title: Sirens
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Jackson, Elizabeth, active 1785-1788, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 April 1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub'd April 10th 1787 by E. Jackson, No. 1 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Abstract: Two elegant young ladies sit side-by-side on a sofa, the one with sheet music in her lap as her companion plays the lute
Description: Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate lines.
Below image, four lines of verse in two columns: Here all is pleasure, nothing wanting ...
An intaglio print using multiple processes including, soft-ground etching, stipple engraving, aquatint and etching, printed in color à la poupée.
Provenance: Sanders; March 1962;
Extent: 1 print : design 25.9 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Etchings England London 1787
A la poupée prints England London 1787
Material: intaglio ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Lutes
Musicians
Sofas
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Lutes
Musicians
Sofas
Clothing & dress > 1780-1790
England > London > 1787

Access: Public
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