St. Giles's courtship [graphic].

Description

Title: St. Giles's courtship [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 April 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from Grego.
Two lines of verse below title: Here vulgar nature plays her courser part. And eyes speak out the language of [the] heart ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.3 x 21.6 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text below image.
Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 6 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 35.2 x 29.7 cm, on sheet 41 x 31 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Aquatints England London 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Material: etching with stipple and aquatint border ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Couples
Drinking vessels
Hats
Pipes (Smoking)
Pitchers
Rings
Wine
Subjects: Couples
Drinking vessels
Hats
Pipes (Smoking)
Pitchers
Rings
Wine
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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