Desire [graphic]

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Title: Desire [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [21 Feburary 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 21 Feb. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: A pretty, young woman (right) sleeps, head in profile to the left, leaning against the back of a chair. An elderly man leans towards her, inspecting her avidly through his quizzing glass. The figures (three-quarter length) are cut off by the side margins. Beneath the design: Female attraction is frequently the cause of this passion, as above represented in the delineation of the Old Beau, & the sleeping Lady
Description: Title engraved above image.
Plate numbered 'No. 7' in upper right corner.
Seventh plate in a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Two lines of text below image: Female attraction is frequently the cause of this passion, as above represented in the delineation of the old beau & the sleeping lady.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher's stamp 'RA' in lower right corner of design.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.3 x 22.2 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Stamps
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Eyeglasses
Leering
Older people
Young adults
Subjects: Eyeglasses
Leering
Older people
Young adults
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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