Courtship in high life Courtship in low life / [graphic]Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker[18 March 1790]eng"[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 compositionTitles 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.