The expostulation [graphic].

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Description

Title
The expostulation [graphic].
Creator
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor
Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created
Jany. 15, 1821.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract

"An elderly suitor in old-fashioned dress (right) and a youngish fashionably dressed woman (left) sit on upright chairs, the only furniture visible in an elegant room. He looks towards her with a gesture of deprecating reproach; she bends towards him, holding at arm's length to the left a cross and chain taken from an open jewel-box which she holds. A French window is behind her, through which appear the tops of hollyhocks. A descending staircase is seen through an open door on the extreme right. On the wall are whole length portraits of elderly husbands in well-known plays: Sir Peter Teazle ['Sch. for Scandal']; Lord Ogleby [Colman and Garrick, 'Clandestine Marriage']; [Da]vid Dawe [Cumberland, 'Wheel of Fortune']."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When late I attempted your pity to move, why seemed you so deaf to my prayers, perhaps it was right to dissemble your love; but why did you kick me down stairs.
Mounted on page 49 of: George Humphrey shop album.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.3 x 34.5 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 25 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 27 x 37 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title
Page 49. George Humphrey shop album.
Collection / Other Creator
Humphrey, G., 1773-1831?, collector.
Collection Date
[London], [not after 1821]

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Material
etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Courtship
Interiors
Chairs
Floor coverings
Draperies
Necklaces
Jewelry boxes
Windows
Hollyhocks
Stairways
Subjects
Courtship
Interiors
Chairs
Floor coverings
Draperies
Necklaces
Jewelry boxes
Windows
Hollyhocks
Stairways
England > 1821
England > London > 1821
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9308881
Object ID (OID)
16817028

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