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 margins. Beneath the design: Female attraction is frequently the cause of this passion, as above represented in the delineation of the Old Beau, & the sleeping Lady
Description:
Title engraved above image., Plate numbered 'No. 7' in upper right corner., Seventh plate in a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., Two lines of text below image: Female attraction is frequently the cause of this passion, as above represented in the delineation of the old beau & the sleeping lady., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Publisher's stamp 'RA' in lower right corner of design.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Feb. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses, Leering, Older people, and Young adults
Title from item., Date derived from date of original print., Place of publication supplied by curator., Copy after Boilly's 1824 print by the same name., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Lechery.
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., Written in image: h.D. 119., Published in Le Charivari, 5 January 1860., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Magnetism., and 1962, Yale Medical Library, New Haven.
Publisher:
Maison Martinet, 172 r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne and Lith. Destouches, 28, Paradis Pre
Subject (Topic):
Magnetic healing, Psychiatry, Exploitation, Hypnotism, Quacks & quackery, Spectators, Leering, and Eyeglasses
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., Written in image: h.D. 119., Published in Le Charivari, 5 January 1860., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Magnetism.
Publisher:
Maison Martinet, 172 r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne and Lith. Destouches, 28, Paradis Pre
Subject (Topic):
Magnetic healing, Psychiatry, Exploitation, Hypnotism, Quacks & quackery, Spectators, Leering, and Eyeglasses
