Drink to me only with thine eyes [graphic].

Description

Title: Drink to me only with thine eyes [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [4 January 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 4th Jany. 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title engraved above image.
Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library.
Plate numbered '224' in lower left corner.
Two columns of the first stanza of the song printed below title: Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ...
From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls.
Temporary local subject terms: Glass: decanters -- Female dress: fans -- Pictures amplifying subject: Cupid -- Furniture: slip-covered chairs -- Furnishings: carpet -- Literature: To Celia, by Ben Johnson (1572-1637).
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 24 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Songs
Etchings England London 1798
Engravings England London 1798
Material: etching & engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Couples
Fans (Accessories)
Subjects: Couples
Fans (Accessories)
England > 1798
England > London > 1798

Access: Public
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