Croesus and Thalia as rich as Croesus, as ripe as a melon / [graphic]

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Title: Croesus and Thalia as rich as Croesus, as ripe as a melon / [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Palser, Thomas, approximately 1797-1843, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 May 1815]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pub. 15 May, 1815, by T. Palser, Surry Side Westr. Bridge
Abstract: Print shows an ugly and leering elderly man, identified as the London banker Thomas Coutts, embracing the actress Harriet Mellon (later Mrs. Coutts, and subsequently Duchess of St. Albans).
Description: Title from item.
Provenance: Gift of Nicholas J.S. Knowles; June 2016.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.0 x 25 cm, on sheet 38 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Etchings England London 1815
Watermarks (Paper) 1815
Material: etching, hand colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Coutts, Thomas, 1735-1822
St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837
Subject (Topic): Couples
Leering
Seduction
Subjects: Coutts, Thomas, 1735-1822 > Caricatures and cartoons
St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Couples
Leering
Seduction
England > London > 1815
1815
Knowles, Nicholas J.S. > Donor

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