The five senses [graphic].

Description

Title: The five senses [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 1st January 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "A young couple embrace on a sofa, the woman holds out a rose in her left hand which her infant on the extreme right smells. The elderly husband watches round the door; behind him, on the extreme left, a grinning servant puts his finger to his nose. Under the characters (left to right): 'Hearing.' 'Seeing.' 'Tasting.' 'Feeling.' 'Smelling.'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description: Title engraved above image.
Earlier state of no. 9659 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Each depicted 'sense' named below its manifestation in the image: Hearing. Seeing. Tasting. Feeling. Smelling.
Plate numbered '205' in lower left corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Cuckolds -- Toddlers -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Furniture.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.7 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 23 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Engravings England London 1798
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Adultery
Children
Servants
Sofas
Subjects: Adultery
Children
Servants
Sofas
England > 1798
England > London > 1798

Access: Public
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