St. James's courtship [graphic].

Description

Title: St. James's courtship [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 April 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from Grego.
Two lines of verse below title: Here like the fly, vice flirts the painted wing without, all saint within, a venomed sting! ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: headdress -- Male costume: night-cap-- Dishes: coffee service -- Coffee cups without handles, 1799.
Watermark: Russell 1798.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.9 x 30 cm, on sheet 41 x 31 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Aquatints England London 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) Russell 1798
Material: etching with stipple and aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Couples
Eyeglasses
Jewelry
Older people
Young adults
Subjects: Couples
Eyeglasses
Jewelry
Older people
Young adults
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Russell > 1798
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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