Harmony [graphic]
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11791424
Description
- Title
- Harmony [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [12 August 1785]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. 12th Augt. 1785 by T. Smith, No. 6 Wardour Street, Soho
- Abstract
-
"[Top image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute. [Bottom image] A young man seated on a settee embraces a young woman who lies across his knees, her head resting on the arm of the settee (right). She kisses him, putting her arm round his neck."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition
- Description
-
Titles etched below images.
For a later state with altered signatures, see no. 8738 and no. 8739 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Two images on one plate, each individually titled and signed.
Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 2 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 36.0 x 26.2 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Couples
Military officers
Flutes
Hugging
Kissing - Subjects
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Couples
Military officers
Flutes
Hugging
Kissing
England > 1785
England > London > 1785
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12637829
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791424
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