A pretty, young woman (right) sleeps, head in profile to the left, leaning against the back of a chair. An elderly man leans towards her, inspecting her avidly through his quizzing glass. The figures (three-quarter length) are cut off by the side marg...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Feb. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses, Leering, Older people, and Young adults
A pretty, young woman (right) sleeps, head in profile to the left, leaning against the back of a chair. An elderly man leans towards her, inspecting her avidly through his quizzing glass. The figures (three-quarter length) are cut off by the side marg...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Feb. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses, Leering, Older people, and Young adults
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.
Publisher:
Pub. 15 May, 1815, by T. Palser, Surry Side Westr. Bridge
Subject (Name):
Coutts, Thomas, 1735-1822 and St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837
