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
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
