Love and honour [graphic]
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17355526
Description
- Title
- Love and honour [graphic]
- Creator
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher. - Published / Created
- [23 January 1785]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd Jany. 23d, 1785, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"To right, a soldier and a young woman embracing each other; to extreme right, a woman seated, facing back; to left, a soldier on a horse, in profile to left, holding another horse's bridle; in a landscape; in a roundel; after H Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description
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Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Eight lines of verse below title: Hark! may heaven defend thee, Hark! the drum commands, Honour I attend thee, Love I kiss thy hands. May guardian angels watch thee, And conquest on thee wait; One kiss and then I give thee up, alas poor Kate. Vide the Tobacco Box.
Dedication etched above imprint statement: To the Right Honble. the Countess of Euston, this print from an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by Her Ladyships obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson.
The included verses are perhaps part of a longer ballad, the author of which is unidentified.
Mounted on page 27 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
- Extent
- 1 print : image diameter 30.2 cm, on sheet 40.8 x 35.4 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Volume 2, page 27. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Illustrations
Genre prints
Stipple engravings England London 1785
Etchings England London 1785 - Material
- stipple engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Soldiers
Couples
Horses - Subjects
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Soldiers
Couples
Horses
England > London > 1785
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
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
- 15382515
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355526
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