The successful fortune hunter, or, Captain Shelalee leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen [graphic]

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11794966

Description

Title
The successful fortune hunter, or, Captain Shelalee leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen [graphic]
Alternative Title
Captain Shelalee leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created
[1812]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"A tall strapping Irishman wearing a flamboyant cocked hat and quasi-military uniform looks down, with a sly smile, at his squat and bedizened bride. Under his right arm is a long cudgel or shillelagh. She takes his arm and looks up rapturously. They walk (right to left) across the 'Crescent', Bath, whose houses form a background. A gouty old man on crutches behind them (right) looks sourly at them, and a chair-man (left) between the shafts of his sedan-chair, gapes in astonishment."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Reissue, with the year following Rowlandson's signature altered from "1802" to "1812." For the original issue of the plate, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 802.00.00.19+.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 12 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 33.6 x 24 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. 12

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1802
Etchings England London 1812
Material
etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1802
England > London > 1812
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12941700
Object ID (OID)
11794966

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