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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
Dying for love, or, Captain Careless shot flying by a girl of fifteen who unexpectedly popped her head out of a casement / Rowlandson.
[London] : Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside, May 10, 1810
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.734
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[London] : Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside, May 10, 1810.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Title supplied by George.
An uncolored copy of BM Satires 11621; without Tegg's imprint but with etched publication date of May 10th 1810.
Library's copy closely trimmed with loss of caption title and series statement.
Summary:
Print shows a young officer in smart regimentals clasping the hand of a pretty girl who leans from the window of a rustic cottage. On the wall is a placard: 'The Wolf and the Kidd'. An old man trudges off to the right carrying a bundle. By the cottage is a pump at which are two old women, while a third looks from her cottage door on the extreme left; all register collective spite and disapproval. A young woman walks off carrying a pitcher on her head. A dog barks.
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