A midwife holds out a newborn child, who exhibits a combination its parents' physical traits: the nose of its mother, who lies in bed, and the hook arm, peg leg, glasses and queue of its father, who stands proudly at the foot of the bed. The midwife e...
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1765 and 1775]
Call Number:
765.00.00.88+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A Dutch interior with two Puritan men asking the parents of Saartje to marry her to Reinier Adriaansz. On the left in the background a young girl eavesdrops at the door. On the wall is a portrait of a girl and a seascape with two sailing vessels. On ...
Alternative Title:
Marriage consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image, with quotation on either side: Well, quoath her parents, be it so: Sukey was ready months ago. Had but an husband offer'd: Eighteen my friends, a ticklish time: Let Johnny take her in her prime ... The very thought my rage...
Publisher:
Printed for Robt Sayer, Print & Map Seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Marriage proposals, Parents, and Puritans
Volume 2, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 7. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Volume 2, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 7. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My faither urged me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10, 1794, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
