City courtship [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1 January 1786]eng"A young couple sit side by side taking tea; the hostess, probably the mother of the young woman, is seated at a small rectangular table filling a tea-pot from an urn. A footman holds a salver to a man who helps himself to sugar, probably the father of the younger man. He sits on the right of his host, a gouty invalid in dressing-gown and nightcap, who is seated in an armchair on the extreme right. A dog sits beside the tea-table."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.It is suggested that this print is an imitation of Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue, but Grego indicates that it is by Rowlandson.Date '1785' in lower right corner of image.1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21.7 x 30.6 cm.Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.