Courtship in high life Courtship in low life / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Courtship in high life Courtship in low life / [graphic]
- Creator
- Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Fores, S. W., publisher.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Wigstead, Henry, artist. - Published / Created
- [18 March 1790]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. March 18, 1790 by S.W. Fores, N. 3, Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"[Left image] The Prince of Wales (right), wearing his star, kneels at the feet of a lady (left), his right hand holds her left hand, his left hand is on his breast. The lady wears a large feathered hat and has some resemblance to the Duchess of Devonshire, cf. BMSat 6263, &c, none to Mrs. Fitzherbert. [Right image] A sailor with a wooden leg and a good-looking young woman of meretricious appearance sit side by side on a barrel; he pours wine into a glass."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of similar composition
- Description
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Titles etched below images.
Also attributed to Rowlandson by Grego and the British Museum catalogue.
Reissue, with new publication line, of a print originally issued 15 December 1785. Cf. Nos. 6870, and 6871 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Two images on one plate, each individually titled.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 170-1.
Mounted on leaf 26 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 : sheet 26.4 x 37.1 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1790
Aquatints England London 1790 - Material
- etching and aquatint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1785
England > London > 1790
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
- 12645563
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791445
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