A scene in a nunnery garden [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A scene in a nunnery garden [graphic].
- Contributor
- Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
- Published / Created
- 5 April 1787.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Robert Sayer, chart, map and printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Abstract
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Two young women, attired in low-cut, fine dresses, their veils pulled back over their hair exposing their pretty, young faces, sit in a semi-embrace on a blue loveseat in a garden, one looking lovingly into the eyes of the other with her hand posed to encircle her companion. The other, wearing red shoes, with a rosary at her waist, looks down toward the low neckline of the first. Standing next to them is a rotund Catholic monk in brown robes. He points to the two women while with a mischievous smile he looks to the viewer. Below him is the caption: "The Scene delightful, Beauty here, what then! Ah, Benedicite! Men are but Men." The women speak: "We live recluse and are believed religious, We but dissemble for our Lusts prodigious."
- Description
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Title engraved below image.
Reissue, with altered publication line. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map and printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs, 5 April 1782," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.3219.
Sheet trimmed to / within plate mark.
Plate numbered "197" in lower right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Provenance
- Robert H. Rubin; August 2017.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 26 cm, on sheet 36 x 26 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 787.04.05.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Mezzotints England London 1787 - Material
- mezzotint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Benches
Convents
Gardens
Garden walls
Monks
Nuns - Subjects
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Benches
Convents
Gardens
Garden walls
Monks
Nuns
England > 1782
England > London > 1787
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13264512
- Object ID (OID)
- 16698363