Love in a village [graphic].

Description

Title: Love in a village [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the act directs, 28 April 1784.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Abstract: "A young woman in rustic dress standing in a field with a cockerel in a cage near her feet, courted by a youth who leans over the fence behind to right, offering her a posy."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Numbered "529" in lower left corner.
No. 4 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries.
Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Provenance: From the H.J. Peters sale, Sotheby's, lot 230; December 1960;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.2 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 38.4 x 27.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Mezzotints England London 1784
Material: mezzotint with etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Birdcages
Chickens
Couples
Courtship
Villages
Subjects: Birdcages
Chickens
Couples
Courtship
Villages
England > London > 1784

Access: Public
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