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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
St. James's courtship / Rowlandson delin. & sculp.
London : Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand, [1799]
etching with stipple and aquatint, hand colored
image: 331 x 274 mm; trimmed sheet: 341 x 285 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.743
Notes
Two lines of verse below caption title: Here like the fly, vice flirts the painted wing without, all saint within, a venomed sting ...
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows an ugly, elderly man in spectacles, seated at a small table with a coffee service and drinking coffee with a young woman who sits with him, raising a small cup to her lips.
Associated names
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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