The amorous counsellor [graphic].

Description

Title: The amorous counsellor [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1777]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 1, 1777, by Mary Darly
Abstract: In outdoor setting a lady with large hat and flowered dress walks towards the left of the print looking downward, while in the foreground an older stooped man of much larger proportions, wearing tricorne hat, coat and sword, looks on. Possibly the figures represent Mrs. Lessingham and Justice Addington
Description: Title etched below image.
Reissue, with volume and plate numbers added. For an earlier state without this numbering, see Library of Congress call no.: PC 3 - 1777 - Amorous counsellor (A size) [P&P].
Numbered "V. 2" in upper left and "93" in upper right.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
1 print : etching with roulette and drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 25.3 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 17.7 cm.
Mounted to 32 x 26 cm.
Mounted on page 141 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Note in ink below image, on mounting page: St. James Park, 1780.
Provenance: With the armorial bookplates of "Fraser, of Ledeclune, baronet" and "Herbert Henry Raphael" in volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 22 April 1901, to Sotheran. Schatzki, lot 1193; June 1961;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25. 3 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 29 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State with volume and plate numbering].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title: Page 141. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Collection / Other Creator: King, Richard, Esq.
Collection Date: London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].