Courtship in high life [graphic] ; Courtship in low life / H. Wigstead invt. ; Saml. Alken fecit.

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Description

Title
Courtship in high life [graphic] ; Courtship in low life / H. Wigstead invt. ; Saml. Alken fecit.
Alternative Title
Courtship in low life.
Creator
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Wigstead, Henry, artist.
Published / Created
1790 March 18
Copyright Date
[18 March 1790]
Publication Place
[London]
Publisher
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
Also attributed to Rowlandson by Grego and the British Museum catalogue.
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 170-1.
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.
Titles etched below images.
Two images on one plate, each individually titled.
Extent
1 print : etching and aquatint on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.4 x 37.1 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

Format
still image
Genre
Aquatints--England--London--1790.
Etchings--England--London--1790.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1785.
Subject (Name)
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Wigstead, Henry, artist.

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12645563
Object ID (OID)
11791445

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