The voyage of matrimony a study for youth. [graphic]

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Title: The voyage of matrimony a study for youth. [graphic]
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [May 1826]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 1826 by S.W. Fores, corner of Sackville St. Piccadilly
Abstract: A map with North-Pole and Ocean of Life at the top and South-Pole and Icebergs of Death at the bottom and in the middle, the Equinoctial Line of Love with the Ocean of Universal Love above and the Sea of Repentance below. The landmasses from Baby Land (top) to the larger Country of Bliss(middle) that forms the bulk of the image, are labeled with stages of life and virtues and vices of mankind, many around the experiences of courtship and marriage. In the cartouche is an image of Cupid looking into a chest
Description: Title from caption below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
With accompanying explanatory sheet entitled: Voyage of the ship Perseverance ; Description of the country.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xviii, p. 117.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.7 x 25 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1826
Etchings England London 1826
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Conjectural works
Courtship
Cupids
Emblem pictures
Marriage
Subjects: Conjectural works
Courtship
Cupids
Emblem pictures
Marriage
England > 1826
England > London > 1826

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